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Potomac Institute Waypoint Issue Paper Examines Civil Liberties 30 January, 2003 Arlington, VA January 30, 2003 – “Applications of information technology hold the potential for significant degradation of privacy, security, or both, if facts about technology and civil liberty are not distinguished from fiction,” says Dr. Dennis McBride, President of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in an Institute Waypoint Issue paper released today. In the paper McBride notes that in this information age “IT has redefined “the world. Neighbors now live thousands of miles apart. Strangers live next door. Nearly every aspect of our lives is affected routinely by enormous increases in computer processing, inter-connectivity, data mining, and the resulting availability and exploitability of information on each of us.” He goes on to discuss ways that this technology, while a boon, is also ripe for abuse. In 2002, The Potomac Institute established Project Guardian in order to pursue an objectively comprehensive and informative, nonpartisan understanding of privacy and security relationships, particularly in the era of computer and communication high technology. Watch for news on Project Guardian, and review the entire paper online at www.PotomacInstitute.org ### The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit public policy research institute, and is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in our evolving world. The Potomac Institute fiercely maintains objectivity and credibility, remaining independent of any federal or state agency, and owing no special allegiance to any single political party or private concern.
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