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Task Force: Users of New Technological Tools Should Respect Privacy Rights

New IT tools such as data mining ought to be used for homeland security only if their intrusiveness on privacy and infringement of due process rights can be adequately addressed in advance, according to a new report from a task force sponsored by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. The task force also suggested principles to follow to ensure the protections.

Report: IT blueprints should address privacy issues, Washington Technology, September 7, 2005.