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Ashcroft: No central database for citizen tips
Amid growing concern over Operation TIPS the attorney general said that reports of suspicious activity would not be retained in a central database
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Privacy still a priority, officials say
High-tech identification systems won't be allowed to undercut civil liberties, the CIO at the Office of Homeland Security said
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Ashcroft offers TIPS assurances
Attorney general says reports of suspicious activity will not be retained in a central database
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Official: Security won't hurt privacy
Office of Homeland Security CIO says high-tech identification systems won't be allowed to undercut civil liberties
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Strategy sets off privacy alerts
Some worry that data collection and automated analysis will enable the government to intrude into private lives
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Web audit pings Army
DOD inspector general found operational plans, personal information on Army sites
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Privacy law experts for hire
An abundance of privacy legislation is spawning contract privacy practitioners
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Carnivore bites off too much
The Internet spyware intercepted so much unrelated e-mail that the FBI stopped using it and might have destroyed information it collected related to the terrorists
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Carnivore bites off too much
FBI aimed spyware at terrorists' e-mail, but intercepted nontargeted transmissions
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Will privacy be protected?
A Legal View: Some exceptions to the Privacy Act are big enough to drive a truck through
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Forman: E-gov good for privacy
E-government chief continues push to eliminate duplicate services and data collection
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Group sues for access to security documents
EPIC files suit stemming from concern that the Office of Homeland Security may be secretly developing elements of a national ID system
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Privacy group sues Homeland office
EPIC seeks records related to activities that could lead to the creation of national ID systems
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Privacy, security sides clash
Will more data and better technology achieve greater security? Experts sound off at security vs. privacy forum
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VA still struggling with security
Despite strides toward strengthening IT, the VA still has serious information security weaknesses, GAO finds
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The new face of security
Understanding the promises and pitfalls of facial-recognition technology
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Moran pushes 'smart' license
Rep. James Moran wants states to adopt high-tech licenses to make license counterfeiting and fraudulent applications much harder.
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ID card plan assailed
A plan to integrate state driver's license databases could decrease privacy, EPIC warns
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