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Adware maker joins federal privacy board
« on: February 23, 2005, 08:11:52 PM »
update The Department of Homeland Security has named Claria, an adware maker that online publishers once dubbed a "parasite," to a federal privacy advisory board.

An executive from Claria, formerly called Gator, will be one of 20 members of the committee, the department said Wednesday.

"This committee will provide the department with important recommendations on how to further the department's mission while protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information of citizens and visitors of the United States," Nuala O'Connor Kelly, the department's chief privacy officer, said in a statement.

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This came to me while chopping wood the other day. You've heard don't sweat the small stuff. I say save it for later and use it for kindling