IP: "SECURE" U.S. SITE WASN'T VERY: Edupage, July 9, 2001

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>"SECURE" U.S. SITE WASN'T VERY
>The U.S. Commerce Department has plugged a security leak in a
>"Safe Harbor" Web site, but the incident calls the department's
>security measures into question. The Web site was established to
>help U.S. companies comply with the European Union's data
>privacy directive. The leak allowed casual visitors to access
>and modify sensitive information about American companies,
>including revenues, employee numbers, and the European nations
>that they do business with. Back in April, Commerce Secretary
>Don Evans declared he would create a privacy advisor position
>to rectify such problems. Said Privacilla.org editor Jim Harper,
>"When it comes to information management, government is the gang
>that couldn't shoot straight,"
>(Wired News, 6 July 2001)



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