FBI wants to exempt its huge fingerprint and photo database from privacy
protections
The FBI wants to exempt its burgeoning national database of
fingerprints and facial photos from a federal law that gives
Americans the right to sue for government violations of the
Privacy Act, such as refusing to tell a person if he or she is
in the system. The bureau also wants to shield its data
storehouse from other Privacy Act rules, including one that
lets people ensure that the information the government holds
about them is accurate. The proposed exemptions, published in
May in the Federal Register, have stirred objections from an
array of privacy and civil rights advocates. They say that
such carve-outs remove a critical check on the use of the huge
database in criminal investigations.
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"But golly gee Mr. Wizard ... if you can't trust the FBI,
who *can* you trust?"
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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