Army Plan for Database of Sexual Assaults Criticized Over Victim Privacy Issues
An Army plan to develop a database of sexual assaults is meeting resistance from lawmakers and members of an advocacy group, who say it could invade victims' privacy. In a letter to Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey, 15 members of Congress said the new system would deter victims of sexual assaults from reporting crimes and seeking treatment, and they asked him not to collect or store personal information or medical records in the database.
Army's Plan to Detail Sex Assaults Criticized, Associated Press, November 26, 2005.
