<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Privacy</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/privacy?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><description>Privacy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[FBR Nears Settlement With SEC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16512-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16512-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc.'s brokerage subsidiary is close to settling a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into a 2001 investment banking transaction, a source with knowledge of the matter said yesterday.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI to Fire Dissident  Agent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10381-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10381-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The FBI has moved to fire a veteran agent who  alleged that the bureau had mishandled domestic investigations of the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake Hospital Inspectors Probed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7680-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7680-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking into incidents in which people masquerading as unannounced inspectors were found poking around three hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Criticizes OMB Oversight of IT Projects]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6274-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6274-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Office of Management and Budget has not done enough to oversee $22 billion worth of critical federal information technology projects that it previously flagged as deficient, according to a government report set for release today.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolton Allegedly Kept Memos from Powell, Rice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61304-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officials have cited a dozen instances when nominee John R. Bolton refused to forward information during his tenure as undersecretary of state.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web Censors in China Find Success]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51712-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51712-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Chinese government is succeeding in broadly censoring what its citizens can read on the Internet, surprising many experts and denting U.S. government hopes that online access would be a quick catalyst for democratic political reform.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers Not Told of Security Breaches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51722-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51722-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Executives of two major data brokers acknowledge to a Senate panel that their companies did not notify the public about security breaches that occurred before 2003.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[LexisNexis Data Breach Bigger Than Estimated]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45756-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45756-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Information broker LexisNexis Group said that the security breaches it announced last month could affect roughly 310,000 consumers  --  about 10 times as many as first thought  --  dealing a particularly harsh blow to the largely unregulated mega-broker.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[States Scramble To Protect Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38498-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38498-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After a spate of security breaches, legislatures in more than two dozen states are considering ways to give consumers more control over personal data collected and sold by private firms. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Urged to Review Passenger Screening]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32842-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32842-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A newly formed panel to advise the Department of Homeland Security on safeguarding citizen privacy in a post-Sept. 11 world was urged yesterday to investigate plans for a nationwide computer system to screen airline passengers.]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear Plants Are Still Vulnerable, Panel Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32383-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32383-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Report cites that the U.S. has failed to address the risk that a passenger plane could be deliberately crashed into a commercial nuclear plant.]]></description><author> Shankar Vedantam</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Papers Say Leak Probe Is Over]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32380-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The special prosecutor investigating whether Bush administration officials illegally revealed the identity of a covert CIA operative says he finished his investigation months ago, except for questioning two reporters who have refused to testify.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Urged to Renew Patriot Act]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27535-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27535-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Proponents argue that the controversial anti-terrorism law needs only minor tweaking to address the concerns of critics from both sides of the political spectrum.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gonzales to Propose Patriot Act Changes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26235-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26235-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The attorney general will offer some "technical modifications" today in an effort to address the concerns of critics and ensure that the anti-terrorism legislation is renewed by Congress later this year.]]></description><author> Dan Eggen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Trail of DNA and Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20454-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20454-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you're worried about privacy and identity theft, imagine this:]]></description><author> Paul Saffo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Social Security Numbers Safe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24296-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24296-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23686-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23686-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Social Security numbers are one of the most powerful pieces of personal information an identity thief can possess, they remain widely available and inexpensive despite public outcry and the threat of a congressional crackdown.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan to Embed ID Chips In Passports Criticized]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21858-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21858-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Government plan to embed U.S. passports with radio frequency chips starting this summer is being met by resistance from travel and privacy groups who say the technology is untested and could create a security risk for travelers.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[File-Sharing  an Out-of-Office Experience]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14490-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14490-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Collaboration software" is speeding changes in the workplace, allowing people to work with others in far-flung locations and fueling the trend toward corporate outsourcing.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Leslie Walker</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Leslie Walker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flight Screening Program Behind]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7792-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/privacy</link><guid 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