Federal Advisory Committee Urges Privacy Protections for Use of Data Mining Technologies

The Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC) to the Pentagon, originally formed to provide advice on the Total Information Awareness project, has recommended new rules for government data mining projects involving personal data -- rules that would protect both civil liberties and national security. TAPAC's final report was issued in March but has just become publicly available. May 17, 2004

• Safeguarding Privacy in the Fight Against Terrorism [pdf], Report of the Pentagon's Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee, March 2004
• CDT Report - Privacy's Gap: The Largely Non-Existent Legal Framework for Government Mining of Commercial Data [pdf], May 28, 2003
• Privacy Rules for Access to Personal Data - detailed charts summarizing major privacy laws applicable to commercial and governmental access
• More on data mining

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