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EPIC 2004 Privacy Year in Review


Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:45:52 -0500

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E P I C A l e r t
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Year in Review January 12, 2005
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Published by the
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, D.C.

http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_yir2004.html

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2 0 0 4 P R I V A C Y Y E A R I N R E V I E W
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Privacy debates continued in the United States in 2004 as proposals
for passenger profiling and new identity cards provoked public protest
and legislation. Google announced a new email service that offered
lots of free storage while also peeking at the users' private
messages. ID theft continued to be a national problem. And some
states, most notably California, adopted new laws to safeguard
personal privacy.

Here are the Top Ten Privacy Stories of 2004 from the Electronic
Privacy Information Center (EPIC):

http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_yir2004.html

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