{"id":3274,"date":"2009-09-17T00:16:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T04:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2009-09-17T00:16:23","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T04:16:23","slug":"epic-grades-obama-on-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/09\/17\/epic-grades-obama-on-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC Grades Obama on Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d been looking forward to hearing what one of my favorite advocacy organizations &#8211; the Electronic Privacy Information Center &#8211; had to say about the Obama Administration&#8217;s approach to privacy law and regulation.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, they issued a &#8220;report card&#8221; giving the Administration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an &#8220;Incomplete&#8221; for Consumer Privacy,<\/li>\n<li>A- for Medical Privacy,<\/li>\n<li>C+ for Civil Liberties, and a<\/li>\n<li>B for Cyber Security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epic.org\/events\/Privacy%20Report%20Card.pdf\">Read the full report here (PDF)<\/a>. 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