Use of Reading Habits as Criminal Evidence is Growing

Is it an invasion of privacy or a means of catching a criminal? The law enforcement community considers using a citizen\’s reading, viewing, and listening habits a necessary edge in solving a crime. Privacy advocates and others see it as something much different. Last February an Ohio prosecutor wanted Amazon.com to provide him with information about customers who had purchased a sexually explicit CD-ROM in an attempt to link a northeast Ohio man to a crime. According to the article, \”It is these types of efforts that seem to be occurring in more alarming numbers by the law enforcement profession that have opened the eyes of the often quiet book-reading community.\” more… from The News Herald.

August 22, 2001 by Uncategorized 0

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