[privacy] Proposed National Database Raises Privacy Concerns

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via eWeek.

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Experts point out the security risks of the nationwide database of workers'
personal information that would be required under an immigration bill
expanding the Employee Eligibility Verification System.

The mammoth database system that would be needed under an immigration bill
currently being discussed by Congress has security experts thinking about
procedures, privacy and protection.

The Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007
[.pdf] is a controversial compromise reached by a bipartisan group of
senators. The proposed legislation already has many opponents across party
lines, and has been criticized by groups such as the American Civil
Liberties Union. Proponents, however, argue that the bill includes vital
changes to immigration law in the United States.

One of the provisions in the sweeping bill has given some IT policy and
security analysts pause—the expansion of the EEVS (Employee Eligibility
Verification System). Employers would be required to submit identifying
information provided by all members of the American work force—roughly
150 million people, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates— to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Data
from prospective employees would be submitted as well. The data would be
checked against database records, and anyone who failed that check would
essentially be out of a job.

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More:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2135233,00.asp

- - ferg

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