Dodd’s Invasion Of Privacy

Filed under:Bill of Rights,Our Money,Technology — posted by Q Ball on 6/19/2008 @ 3:50 pm

Senator Chris Dodd has inserted into a new housing bill a requirement that all electronic payments be reported to the government.

Privacy groups like the Center for Democracy and Technology and small business organizations like the NFIB sharply criticized this idea when it first appeared earlier this year. What is the federal government’s purpose with this kind of detailed data? How will this database be secured, and who will have access?