Gary L. Bauer Even as Washington gets heat for snooping on - TopicsExpress



          

Gary L. Bauer Even as Washington gets heat for snooping on ordinary Americans and warning them that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy on Healthcare.gov, federal officials are increasingly using the “personal privacy” exemption in the law to shield their employees from scrutiny, according to open government advocates. Information about pay bonuses, disciplinary actions and severance packages are being withheld by federal agencies citing the personal privacy concerns of their employees. That is in vivid contrast to the privacy warning buried in the source code for Healthcare.gov, according to the Weekly Standard. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system, the warning reads. It can only be seen by using a web browsers View Source function.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:36:16 +0000

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