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Intellectual Property

Jan. 25, 2000

e-nvasion of Privacy--The amount of personal data available online has alarmed consumer advocates, including California Attorney General Bill Lockyer. They say that current laws don't offer enough protection and ecommend using Europe's approach.

By Chris Ford During U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork's 1987 confirmation hearings, a Washington newspaper published a list of videos the former appellate judge had rented in recent years.

By Chris Ford
        During U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork's 1987 confirmation hearings, a Washington newspaper published a list of videos the former appellate judge had rented in recent years.
        The list contained no damning titles of porno flicks. Still, Bork's backers decried the use of opposition research, which until then had been confined to elect...

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