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Purchasing Personal Data on the Web, Privacy and Legislative Conflicts

The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR), a non-profit California advocacy group, is publicizing their purchase of personal data, including social security numbers and home addresses, of high ranking Bush administration officials, as a means of demonstrating the need for stronger privacy legislation. However, states such as California, which recently passed the strongest financial privacy law in the country, are concerned that proposed amendments (H.R. 2622) to the Fair Credit Reporting Act may undermine these new protections.

  • See also this related press release, California Privacy Act a Key Victory in Ongoing Financial Privacy Battle, ACLU Says.
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