Comments on: Privacy At Peril, Again http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2008/07/03/privacy-at-peril-again.php Geoff Fox: My Permanent Record Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DAFhttp://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2008/07/03/privacy-at-peril-again.php#comment-4063 DAF Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:25:32 +0000 http://snidely/wp/?p=3003#comment-4063 This case will be litigated to death- heaven knows both sides have very deep pockets- but I think the district court really blew it on the law.Ironically, we call it the Bork law- a statute that was passed to protect the release of your video rental records. (I know, some of you might have guessed Clarence Thomas sparked the law, which I have to say, would have been a good guess. So happens, this happened four years before Thomas came up.) Remember when somebody snooped around when Bork was being confirmed to see what videos he rented? That law was, in my opinion, correctly cited by Google as a block to releasing this personal information. I hope (in fact, I am almost certain) that they will appeal it. I will confess, it was a law designed to protect "tape" rental- but I think the principle still stands. Technology moves fast in 20 years...If any of you are interested in electronic privacy issues, check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website. (Google it, google isn't compelled to report that kind of search yet.) They are a terrific group of public interest lawyers. I know 3 of them personally- they are working for all of us. This case will be litigated to death- heaven knows both sides have very deep pockets- but I think the district court really blew it on the law.

Ironically, we call it the Bork law- a statute that was passed to protect the release of your video rental records. (I know, some of you might have guessed Clarence Thomas sparked the law, which I have to say, would have been a good guess. So happens, this happened four years before Thomas came up.) Remember when somebody snooped around when Bork was being confirmed to see what videos he rented? That law was, in my opinion, correctly cited by Google as a block to releasing this personal information. I hope (in fact, I am almost certain) that they will appeal it. I will confess, it was a law designed to protect “tape” rental- but I think the principle still stands. Technology moves fast in 20 years…

If any of you are interested in electronic privacy issues, check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s website. (Google it, google isn’t compelled to report that kind of search yet.) They are a terrific group of public interest lawyers. I know 3 of them personally- they are working for all of us.

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