[NormsRevenge]

Private firms gathering and selling information about you to make a profit... w/o supervision or clear guidelines.

BRILLIANT!!!

[NormsRevenge]

[agitator]

[Texas_Jarhead]

I'd like to see some safeguards against the transfer or this kind of info. over seas as well as limitations on accessibility based upon geography/US jurisdiction.

[politicalwit]

"Private firms gathering and selling information about you to make a profit... w/o supervision or clear guidelines."

Numerous state DMV's sell personal information. They too should be included.

[anymouse]

Legislation by crisis.

Why is it that Congress is always right there to close the barn door, well after all of the livestock has skipped town?

Had B of A not lost government official's SS info. Congress would still be blindly oblivious to the need to ensure citizens' private data is protected.

Of course the Rats will demand that a government agency be in charge of controlling this data, rather than merely helping the industry establish appropriate privacy protection, ID fraud prevention, and data security guidelines. As badly as ChoicePoint handled things, more government bureaucracy will certainly make it worse and less secure.

[paul51]

How the hell did we ever get to the point where peoples SS numbers are being bought and sold. Unbelievable. I am thoroughly disgusted

[1066AD]

Your social security number should be between you, your employer(s) and the Feds, no one else.

Likewise for Drivers' License number, between you and the issuing agency/jurisdictions.

If private commerce wants an ID system, let them develop their own to which we as consumers can subscribe or not as we see fit.

[Route101]

Well DUH!!!...hello government!....move your big bureaucratic Butt!

[longtermmemmory]

for those who are interested in property rights,

there is teh legal concept of the "property of your person".

Is you personal information your property? Do you own yourself? Do you have a right to be secure in controlling the property of your person?

I think it is fair to restrict the sale of a persons social security number in much the same way we regulate the sale of kidneys.

[ex 98C MI Dude]

What are law enforcement agencies doing buying consumer profiles? They have NO business doing that without a warrant, and if they have a warrant, they have no need to buy the info. Inquiring minds wish to know.

[harpo11]

Oh great. Another lie given to us by our government which promised when they needed to give citizens numbers for SSI that these numbers would never be used for anything else.

Now they are making money off of it while happily spending our SSI Fund.

I bet the senate doesn't sell their numbers though.

[cherry]

I wasn't even aware that they could SELL my private info....

damn them........