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Treasury Department Breaks Privacy Promise Because It's Too Inconvenient







Treasury Department Breaks Privacy
Promise Because It's Too Inconvenient

Treasury Department Breaks Privacy
Promise Because It's Too Inconvenient
01/08/2004 08:42 PM

Generally speaking, if you make a promise to keep someone's information private, and then reveal it, you could get in a lot of trouble. That's apparently not the case if you're a government agency yourself, though. The Treasury Department recently asked for comments on a proposal, which would be posted on a website, but promised to keep personal information (street address, email addresses) private. However, when they received more than the expected number of comments, they simpl y changed the policy and decided to post the comments with full info. Apparently, they're telling the world that you only have to obey privacy promises if it's convenient.




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