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More specifically, American lawyer Arther R. Miller. He has specialized in civil procedure and wrote several books on government and data mining. One of his articles appeared in The Atlantic in 1967. He predicts the implications of the NSA scandal with quite accurately in an era when ARPANET was still on the drawing board. Definitely worth a read if you want to learn how this data mining business evolved.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-national-data-center-and-personal-privacy/1/#mmGal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R._Miller
Notes for lazies
-Information gathering by federal data centres useful but ripe for abuse
-Humans make mistakes, no safeguards to ensure accuracy of the data.
-Inaccurate or incomplete data files could be devastating to individuals. Gives example of civil rights activist who has arrested and jailed but pardoned on appeal. Still flagged as arrested and detained. This could prevent them from getting federal jobs, etc.
-No controls over who can and when they can access data. Data vulnerable to overzealous officials.
-Private/corporate data centres are also vulnerable to wiretapping by government and unscrupulous private entities.
He provides several suggestions on how government should respond to ensure the privacy of American citizens is protected.
-Create an independent government agency well outside the hands of intelligence officials to manage this data. They become the gatekeepers to the data base.
-Lock all data out except that which is relevant and to only those who require it. If an army doctor needs a medical file, only that doctor has the key to access it.
-Enable security devices to prevent intelligence officials and unscrupulous private entities from making unauthorized access to public and private data bases.
-Give citizens the power to view their entire file and provide them the tools to address and correct any inaccuracies.
-Pass legislation to restricting the types of data that can be taken from non-federal systems.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-national-data-center-and-personal-privacy/1/#mmGal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R._Miller
Notes for lazies
-Information gathering by federal data centres useful but ripe for abuse
-Humans make mistakes, no safeguards to ensure accuracy of the data.
-Inaccurate or incomplete data files could be devastating to individuals. Gives example of civil rights activist who has arrested and jailed but pardoned on appeal. Still flagged as arrested and detained. This could prevent them from getting federal jobs, etc.
-No controls over who can and when they can access data. Data vulnerable to overzealous officials.
-Private/corporate data centres are also vulnerable to wiretapping by government and unscrupulous private entities.
He provides several suggestions on how government should respond to ensure the privacy of American citizens is protected.
-Create an independent government agency well outside the hands of intelligence officials to manage this data. They become the gatekeepers to the data base.
-Lock all data out except that which is relevant and to only those who require it. If an army doctor needs a medical file, only that doctor has the key to access it.
-Enable security devices to prevent intelligence officials and unscrupulous private entities from making unauthorized access to public and private data bases.
-Give citizens the power to view their entire file and provide them the tools to address and correct any inaccuracies.
-Pass legislation to restricting the types of data that can be taken from non-federal systems.
