Why privacy really does matter
I had a scary thought about privacy. Since there are other countries that are not subject to the laws of the United States (or subject to the laws of other industrialized nations for that matter), it's conceivable that a company could try to make money selling your personal information. They could operate out of some place in the world where they couldn't be touched by the laws of the U.S. They could make money selling searches to anyone who would pay for it. It's even conceivable, that once your most sensitive personal information escapes outside of responsible control, it could be forever out there being passed around in a black market.
Posted by Doug Sauder at November 13, 2002 07:45 AM