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The Census’ Broken Privacy Promise
Jim Harper quotes Adam Marcus’s CNET piece and suggests the FTC would not recognize a “fascinating trove” exception if a private company were to release...
Adam Marcus: Promise broken with 1940 Census data release
Adam Marcus’s essay explaining what’s wrong with today’s release of the 1940 census rolls was also published by the Orange County Register.
Treasure trove of Census data stumbles on launch
In an article about the overwhelming interest in the release of the 1940 census data that overloaded the official website, Federal Computer Week quotes Adam...
Szoka Cautions NTIA Privacy Multistakeholder Self-Regulatory Process
TechFreedom President Berin Szoka filed comments on the NTIA’s Multistakeholder Process to Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct . The following statement can be...
Congress Finally Appoints Ohlhausen to FTC, Much-Needed Voice of Restraint
Yesterday the Senate confirmed the nomination of a new FTC Commissioner, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, as well as the re-nomination of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. The...