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Panel: Federal Government Needs New Privacy Rules

The federal government needs new privacy rules and technological methods to police their use of personal data from contractors like ChoicePoint and Acxiom, representatives from within and outside the government suggested Friday. Building public trust in the government's intentions is still a major obstacle, a host of workshop panelists said. The Transportation Security Administration, for one, took heat recently for failing to provide adequate disclosures of personal data usage.

Panel: New rules, tech needed for data privacy, CNet News, September 9, 2005.