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We haven’t talked about the Iron Law for a while so here’s an example of its action on steroids. This story is about Britain’s National Health Service and their contemplated betrayal of their patients’ privacy. I’m an American so I … Continue reading →

I’ve written many times about the iron law of data collection. Briefly, it’s the notion that whenever data is collected No matter the original rationale given for its collection, new uses will be found for the data. The data will … Continue reading →

If you’ve been around Irreal for a while, you know about the Iron Law of Data Collection. Briefly, the law says that anytime data is collected No matter the rationale and promises about the data collection and the purposes to … Continue reading →

About a year ago, I wrote about the FBI’s use of §702 data—supposedly collected to fight terrorism—for routine law enforcement having nothing to do with terrorism. I called it another confirmation of the Iron Law of Data Collection: the idea … Continue reading →

Baltimore has an aerial surveillance program that uses a small plane equipped with high resolution cameras flying over the city for hours at a time. This is eternal story of surveillance: first it's terrorism, then it's drug cases, then it's … Continue reading →

Not that we need another one but this 2007 Scientific American article has a frightening illustration of the Iron Law of Data Collection at work. Here in the U.S. the Constitution provides for a decennial census of the population in … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve written about the Iron Law of Data Collection. That’s the idea that when the Government collects data, regardless of the stated rationale, there will inevitably be mission creep that sees the data being used … Continue reading →

I’ve written before about the Iron Law of Data Collection, the idea that no matter the rationale given for the collection of the data or the promises made about its confidentiality there will always be mission creep that finds new … Continue reading →

Just in case you needed more proof of the iron law of data collection, consider this McClatchyDC story about how almost 5000 people had their personal information swept up and shared with nearly 30 federal agencies because they ordered a … Continue reading →

Reclaim The Net has a very disturbing article about Google’s recent announcement that starting next month they will require proof of age before allowing Australian users to view certain “age-appropriate” content. The proof would consist of uploading a copy of … Continue reading →