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MATRIX Database Schema Altered Due to Privacy Concerns

Posted by michael on from the matrix-treats-privacy-laws-as-obstacles-and-routes-around-them dept.

nusratt writes "Associated Press: 'The Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange combines state vehicle and crime records with commercial databases owned by a private company, Seisint, covering half the U.S. population,' but there were 'questions about the legality of sending state-owned records to Seisint'. The solution? "Each state will maintain its own records . . . Software will search each state's records as necessary.' 'The new setup is designed to get around obstacles in some states' data laws.'"

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  1. Call a Horse a Horse by CygnusXII · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Getting around a States data Laws is Computer Crime.
    Plain and Simple. Engineering the System to circumnavigate the laws, wouldn't that be an Inducement to infringe Data, and somehow violate the New proposed Induce Laws? Or how about The DMCA, or better Yet HiPPA (sp?)

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  2. Re:Security through software then? by nusratt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "but each state will have software that will only allow them to access information about people in their state?"

    NO, THAT'S THE SNEAKY PART. Everyone involved will still be able to get to the same data. It's just a shell game, to circumvent privacy regulations.