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April 04, 2006

GAO report on privacy principles violated by federal agencies just released

The GAO just released this report -

Personal Information: Agency and Reseller Adherence to Key Privacy Principles. GAO-06-421, April 4. Highlights

The report investigates which agencies purchase information (they note the Dept of Justice, Dept of Homeland Security, the Dept of State, etc.) from resellers and what they use it for. Then it digs into the legality of how they use it and the legality of the resellers selling i. Good resource.

Posted by Meredith Mazzotta at April 4, 2006 02:53 PM

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