Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Seek and Ye Shall Be Found
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> Search data stored by the likes of Google and AOL is a privacy timebomb.
> It's time for these Net giants to hit the delete key
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> | During a recent panel discussion, Jennifer Mardosz, Qwest's (Q) chief
> | privacy officer and corporate counsel, told the audience she was
> | skeptical of congressional mandates laying out requirements for data
> | retention. She argued that there was no need for legislative
> | interference because "companies were already doing the right thing."
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2006/tc20060906_463772.htm?campaign_id=rss_null
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> For those who haven't heard, AOL let personal data leak and Google is
> being ordered to disclose some account information. GMail may also be
> exposed and GDrive is on its way.
There is no privacy in the USA. It was bad even before 9/11, but now the
government can openly break privacy laws with impunity. I'm sure they
haven't stopped at secretly tapping cell phones.
Any collection of personal data on a mass scale by anyone is a timebomb.
Personal data may never be deleted even if they tell you it has been
deleted. It's a matter of "national security".
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