Reply #7: It's not about privacy or SECURITY

[Mind_your_head]

This regulation is not about privacy or security. In fact, it actually will incur even MORE identity theft. I hope that you will read the entire article, if you haven't already, in order to understand what many of the ramifications would be. It will not protect one from identity theft, it will make it MORE LIKELY. This regulation will also certainly be VERY HELPFUL to CORPORATIONS who would like to hide their misdeeds, regarding pollutants and poisoning of people.

It states further in the article:

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But while the public loses access to records, the federal government gains a gargantuan national database easily cross-referenced in the name of national security. The feds' claim that increased security will deter identity theft and terrorism is facile. Wholesale corporate data gathering is the major nexis of identity theft. As for terrorism, all the 9/11 perpetrators had valid identification.
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For anyone's info (I had to look this up myself):

Main Entry: fac·ile
Pronunciation: 'fa-s&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin facilis, from facere to do -- more at DO

1 a (1) : easily accomplished or attained <a facile victory> (2) : SPECIOUS, SUPERFICIAL <I am not concerned ... with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem -- T. S. Eliot> b : used or comprehended with ease c : readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth <facile tears>

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/facile