Trump's Executive Order Eliminates Privacy Act Protections For Foreigners (whitehouse.gov)

Long-time Slashdot reader Kernel Kurtz writes : January 28 is supposed to be Data Privacy Day, so it seems fitting in an alternative sort of way that U.S. President Trump just signed an executive order that eliminates Privacy Act protections for foreigners. As a non-American, I find it curious that the person who says he wants to bring jobs to America is simply confirming the post-Snowden belief that America is not a safe place to do business.
The Privacy Act has been in place since 1974. But now section 14 of Trump's "Enhancing Public Safety" executive order directs federal agencies to "ensure that their privacy policies exclude persons who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents from the protections of the Privacy Act regarding personally identifiable information" to the extent consistent with applicable law.

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Meh

[Anonymous Coward]

Who wants to visit a broken down piece of crap US run by a stupid cunt like Trump. Happy to stay in civillsation.

Re: Meh

[Dahamma]

No, really, the only ones saying this are those trying to trivialize the horrible things he's already done.

So, I wouldn't call you a doublenazi at all. Just a regular Nazi.

Re: Meh

[Stephan Schulz]

The most obvious difference is Trump still favors the individual (and individual liberties) whereas fascism is founded on the premise of a single national identity and almost no individual identity.

Right. I nearly forgot his slogan. "Make American Individuals Great Again", right? And his wall is not separating Mexico from the US, but just Mexican individuals from US individuals. And he is creating not "American jobs", but jobs for individual Americans. Just as he is not applying a blanket ban on entry against people from certain nations, but carefully targets this to individuals.

If he is not a full-blown facist, it's not for lack of inclination, it's because he does not know history well enough to understand the pattern.

Re: Meh

[KeensMustard]

As for Trump, I'm not sure what to make of him. I think his actions are boneheaded because they're going to create international retaliation against US IT firms, thus likely harming the domestic tech sector

Also, he is blowing up the very foundational concepts of the country that happen to be the things that made America powerful and great (like freedom of movement, freedom of speech, immigration etc) - he is fundamentally anti-American.

Trump seems to think Executive Orders...

[SeaFox]

let him unilaterally decide whatever he wants.

I don't remember the United States being a monarchy.
At what point does Congress tell him he's not a king?

Re:Whats the issue?

[Lisandro]

Are you serious? We're talking about legal residents who where prohibited, overnight, to enter the country without any other justification than a whim from Trump. No changed jobs, expired visas, incorrect documentation or lack of vetoes were part of the equation.

The sad part is that the ban seems to be in place only because those 7 countries are mostly Muslim. None of them were involved on any kind of terrorist activity on US soil while other countries which were, notably Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are inexplicably left out of the executive action signed last Friday.

Re:Do the right thing - stand against Trump's bigo

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't want my country flushed down the toilet by uneducated retards like yourself.

I work with Muslims, and even though they don't drink they are nice people and we are lucky to have them in the country, and I'm glad that they are my colleagues.

Hopefully one day you will realize that Muslims are hard working Americans.

Re:Do the right thing - stand against Trump's bigo

[Anonymous Coward]

No idea? Ask Steve Job's dad?

Re: Do the right thing - stand against Trump's big

[Uberbah]

The only reason your family suffers is because they can't make it in a meritocracy.

If the United States was a meritocracy, George W. Bush would be lucky to be the assistant manager of a Burger King, and you'd find 50% of investment bankers and dot com millionaires coming from a background of destitution because they studied hard in school.

Re: Do the right thing - stand against Trump's big

[PoopJuggler]

You don't seem to realize that you people are reacting EXACTLY as Bin Laden wanted you to. He baited you and you fell for it. Look at what our nation has become since 9/11. Bin Laden wanted to destroy our freedom, and he has succeeded because Americans are predictable morons. He knew exactly what he was doing, how we would react, and what the result would be. And you let him.