Government sites may start tracking you

[FishingBack]

The ACLU is not happy about it either.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...002743_pf.html

The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with "cookies" and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups.

[dawgmom]

The ACLU is not happy about it either.

The world is out of sync if I am agreeing with the ACLU. Here's what grabs my attention:

..cited the terms of a Feb. 19 contract with Google, in which a unnamed federal agency explicitly carved out an exemption from the ban so that the agency could use Google's YouTube video player.

The terms of the contract, negotiated through the General Services Administration, "expressly waives those rules or guidelines as they may apply to Google." The contract was obtained by EPIC through a Freedom of Information Act request.

...But the current ban on cookies, according to senior OMB officials, applies only to federal agencies and not third parties. That means that a visitor to http://www.whitehouse.gov, for example, isn't tracked by the government, but information about a user who clicks on a YouTube video on the site could be tracked by Google, according to a source at the company with knowledge of the partnership with the Obama administration.

What purpose does the government have with tracking who watches a video?

[JuBru]

The world is out of sync if I am agreeing with the ACLU. Here's what grabs my attention:

..cited the terms of a Feb. 19 contract with Google, in which a unnamed federal agency explicitly carved out an exemption from the ban so that the agency could use Google's YouTube video player.

The terms of the contract, negotiated through the General Services Administration, "expressly waives those rules or guidelines as they may apply to Google." The contract was obtained by EPIC through a Freedom of Information Act request.

...But the current ban on cookies, according to senior OMB officials, applies only to federal agencies and not third parties. That means that a visitor to http://www.whitehouse.gov, for example, isn't tracked by the government, but information about a user who clicks on a YouTube video on the site could be tracked by Google, according to a source at the company with knowledge of the partnership with the Obama administration.

What purpose does the government have with tracking who watches a video?

To see which propaganda is getting peoples attention and learning to channel it to appeal to them and others more.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Where are the LIBS/DEMS of BB&B on this one?

[TechsasDawg]

Where are the LIBS/DEMS of BB&B on this one?

They went back under their rock!!!


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[TYLERTECHSAS]

White House Passes Blame
For Unsolicited E-Mails

[dmcguirt23]

For as many crazy and frivolous cases the ACLU takes, it has actually been pretty vital in keeping our freedom of speech. I'm not taking sides with them for good but sometimes the ACLU actually wants to help.

[Bigdog13]

For as many crazy and frivolous cases the ACLU takes, it has actually been pretty vital in keeping our freedom of speech. I'm not taking sides with them for good but sometimes the ACLU actually wants to help.

If they didn't stand up for organizations like NAMBLA they would have a little more credibility. But yes this isn't the first time I agree with them.

[Cal&Ken]

If they didn't stand up for organizations like NAMBLA they would have a little more credibility. But yes this isn't the first time I agree with them.

The times I agree are very few and far between. They are mostly nut cases. I do agree with this.

[FishingBack]

I'm pretty much down with the ACLU. I like having civil liberties. Now, if only they would side with 2nd amendment like they do with the 1st and 4th.