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April 24th

Who Cares About Your DNA? by Tricia Shore

"A Critical Analysis of the Implications for Genetic Privacy and Consent Rights in Congress’ Proposed ‘Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007’" states how the government plans to treat the DNA of every newborn, even those whose parents are completely aligned with the mainstream:

April 20th

Information Fusion Centers and Privacy (from EPIC)

''Fusion centers'' are a means of bringing together
information from distributed sources for the purpose of collection, retention,
analysis,
and dissemination.
The term "fusion center," seems to have originated
from the Department of Defense (DOD,) and refers to the fusing
of
information
for analysis
purposes.
On November
9, 2002,
the

EFF Report: FBI Slowed Terror Investigation with Improper NSL Request

"This report raises important questions about the FBI's use of these
very powerful investigative tools," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt
Opsahl. "Congress should determine why FBI headquarters insisted on an
improper NSL instead of using the appropriate tools, and why the FBI
failed to report the misuse for almost two years.

April 9th

SCHOOLS PREPARE PUPILS TO ACCEPT A POLICE STATE

decided that the degrading search
did not violate the girl’s Fourth
Amendment rights — even though Savana’s mother was not
alerted,

UCLA, the NIH, and Perlegen: Wired for Data Theft

When will the healthcare industry and researchers get serious about
protecting Americans' personal health data from hacking, theft, and
sale?