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  • Georgia says no to police state

    From Baco19434@Baco19434@webtv.net (Baco19434 Baco19434) to alt.society.civil-liberty on Thursday, October 23, 2003 22:01:52
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    Amid cost and privacy concerns,Georgia officials backed away from an anti-terrorism database that officials initially considered joining - a decision that makes Georgia the sixth state to abandon the Matrix
    project. The move also casts doubt on
    the future of a database that tracks personal details of all
    citizens,not just those accused of a crime. " I have held
    serious concerns about the privacy issues involved with this project all along,and have decided it is in the best interest of the people of
    Georgia that our state have no further participation."
    Gov.Sonny Perdue said tuesday. Perdue's decision
    not to join the database came a day after the state attorney general
    said it would be illegal for Georgia to release its driver's license
    records to the private company putting the database together.
    Matrix, controlled by Seisint Inc., is billed as a speedy way for law enforcement agencies to find records.
    But privacy rights advocates question the sweeping database, noting that
    it will contain credit histories,marriages,and divorces,even
    fingerprints and social security numbers.

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  • From Alun Palmer@alun@1stcounsel.com to alt.society.civil-liberty on Friday, October 31, 2003 04:23:34
    From Newsgroup: alt.society.civil-liberty

    Baco19434@webtv.net (Baco19434 Baco19434) wrote in news:8394-3F988810- 66@storefull-2152.public.lawson.webtv.net:

    Amid cost and privacy concerns,Georgia officials backed away from an anti-terrorism database that officials initially considered joining - a decision that makes Georgia the sixth state to abandon the Matrix
    project. The move also casts doubt on
    the future of a database that tracks personal details of all
    citizens,not just those accused of a crime. " I have held
    serious concerns about the privacy issues involved with this project all along,and have decided it is in the best interest of the people of
    Georgia that our state have no further participation."
    Gov.Sonny Perdue said tuesday. Perdue's decision
    not to join the database came a day after the state attorney general
    said it would be illegal for Georgia to release its driver's license
    records to the private company putting the database together.
    Matrix, controlled by Seisint Inc., is billed as a speedy way for law enforcement agencies to find records.
    But privacy rights advocates question the sweeping database, noting that
    it will contain credit histories,marriages,and divorces,even
    fingerprints and social security numbers.



    Hurrah for Georgia!
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