amigo_boy
join:2005-07-22
Tempe, AZ
 ·Cox HSI
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Re: Privacy
said by factchecker :
(a) the full contents of the message and information intercepted are never disclosed or recoverable and (b) the information intercepted can not be traced to a specific person (there are no names or user names to track down people).
Regarding "divulge content," would aggregated or anonymized information (relatable to an individual by IP or cookie) be covered as a "customer record" by Section C? It says a communication provider "may divulge a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service" under enumerated conditions.
I guess it boils down to whether disclosing a summary of someone's activity and content (where they go, what they say or buy) is disclosure of content. If I summarize to you that Mr. Jones goes to certain types of sites, and uses certain IDs, and says certain things, and buys certain types of books... Is that what Congress had in mind as protecting your privacy because the actual content wasn't divulged?
I'm surprised it doesn't apply. If it doesn't, it seems like it should be (relatively) easy to amend. The spirit of the law is there. It just was written at a time when the envelope wasn't being pushed like it is now.
Mark |
