The only way to prevent the abuse of privacy is to prevent government from collecting and retaining the data to begin with. Once some agency has the data it only becomes an irresistable honey pot for every other data-grubbing agency. Does anyone doubt that Congress will find it very easy to grant access and very difficult for an outsider (a plain citizen) to give reason why privacy must be retained?
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Think the US response to terrorism. Privacy has long since gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Most of these people should be out in the first place. End the revolving door BS and save taxpayers millions in dollars, ammunition, and sense of well-being.
This was implicit in the retroactive application of "Megan's Law." In order to preserve the retroactive application, it was necessary to declare that no consitutional right was being infringed -- which I seem to recall SCOTUS did, but forget when.
But may I be frank? It's a "privacy" right that's been lost, not a right against "search and seizure..." and this exact notion of "privacy," however much I may want it for myself, is only to be found in the "shadows and penumbras" that were part of Roe v Wade.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: Anytime you impose anything like registration laws retroactively, you are taking away rights from all of us.
Welcome to the world you are creating for yourselves, o ye "Lured by the loudest throat."
What is your problem? Sex Offenders should be tracked!
We already can track everyone. Its called a social security number.