Your Grocery List Could Spark a Terror Probe
In a chilling article Village Voice reporter Erik Baard details how customer information such as grocery purchases, which were once collected for marketing purposes are now increasingly being used for law enforcement purposes. Companies are voluntarily turning over information to the government without even informing consumers, let alone obtaining their consent. The story also discusses the government's effort to use data-mining software to finger potential criminals and terrorists.Buying Trouble Village Voice, July 30, 2002
