--- Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 11:38:37 -0400 To: declanat_private From: Stephen Cobb <scobbat_private> Subject: House subcommittee to look at privacy v. data mining In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030507083805.0212ce48at_private> Declan People may like to know that the House subcommittee on technology and information policy will be meeting in two weeks to take a look at the privacy and personal freedom questions raised by data mining (see story below). The Subcommitte Chairman is Adam Putnam, R-Fla, and folks may want to contact him with their opinions, and offers to testify. Stephen eWeek, May 6, 2003 Data Mining Proponents Defend Technology By Caron Carlson http://www.eweek.com/print_article/0,3668,a=41355,00.asp The government now calls it "factual data analysis," but data mining by any other name smells as potentially rotten to civil liberties advocates. ... Tuesday, the House subcommittee on technology and information policy, heard from three federal proponents of the technology to consider whether it enhances national security. Civil liberties activists are urging Congress to increase its role in overseeing the government's use of such technologies. ... Subcommitte Chairman Adam Putnam, R- Fla., said the subcommittee panel will meet in two weeks to take a look at the privacy and personal freedom questions raised by data mining. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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