Channeling Denny: If you have something you dont want anyone to know, maybe you shouldnt be doing it. - Google Chairman Eric Schmidt
. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excerpt: > > As a new Senate privacy panel considers the data collected by iPhones, > Androids and BlackBerrys, the Department of Justice is reminding lawmakers > that it needs Internet providers to store more data about their users to > help with federal investigations. > > Current law doesn't require those Internet service providers to "retain any > data for any particular length of time," although some already do, said > Jason Weinstein, deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ's Criminal > Division. And many wireless companies which must collect some data also > "do not retain records that would enable law enforcement to identify a > suspect's smartphone based on the IP address collected by websites the > suspect visited," he noted in prepared testimony. > > That's why Weinstein urged the Senate Judiciarys Privacy, Technology and > the Law subcommittee on Tuesday to consider data-retention legislation as it > weighs new privacy efforts in the digital age. The top DOJ official said > such a congressional fix would boost the agency's ability to investigate > privacy breaches, prosecute other digital crimes and ferret out abuses in > the offline world. > > "Those records are an absolutely necessary link in the investigative chain," > Weinstein told the panel. > > Data retention has proven to be a particularly divisive issue in the privacy > community. Some top tech stakeholders believe it would allow companies and > law enforcement agencies too much access to consumers' personal information, > such as the websites they visit. The resulting caches of information could > further be subject to data breach, many argue. > > But data-retention rules are particularly appealing to DOJ, which argued at > a hearing earlier this year that such legislation would assist greatly with > cyberstalking and other tough law enforcement investigations. Weinstein > stressed Tuesday the department seeks a law that would require providers to > keep records for a reasonable period of time, and seeks a balance > between the needs of law enforcement, private industry and consumers. > > Read more here: link <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54658.html> > J > > - > > There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an > achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We > still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as > good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not > achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. - Eric Hoffer > > America is the worst place for alibis. Sooner or later the most solid alibi > begins to sound hollow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337645 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
