Re:Data on 7% of Americans Were Just Hacked, Now What?
by dragonwriter on Friday July 10, 2015 @05:31PM
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> I wish alternative strategies like "stop having the government collect and store information" would be considered in these situation.
I don't think nixing collection for background checks is viable, though limiting the scope (EDIT: both of data collected and the scope of applications for which government background checks are mandated) might be.
Similarly, limiting both the scope of data retained and the duration for which it is retained from such checks after the decision they support is made might be viable, though there are costs (among other things, to the accountability of government decision makers) as well as benefits to that.
I don't think nixing collection for background checks is viable, though limiting the scope (EDIT: both of data collected and the scope of applications for which government background checks are mandated) might be.
Similarly, limiting both the scope of data retained and the duration for which it is retained from such checks after the decision they support is made might be viable, though there are costs (among other things, to the accountability of government decision makers) as well as benefits to that.