ABSTRACT

Introduction ................................................................................................... 226 Why Data Mining Raises New Concerns ................................................... 227 An Overview of Privacy Law ....................................................................... 229

Protection from Government Intrusion ................................................ 229 Privacy and the Federal Constitution .................................................... 230 The Fourth Amendment .......................................................................... 230 Digital Searches and Seizures .................................................................. 230 Legislation Restricting Government Surveillance .................................231

National Security ............................................................................................232 Government and Private Sector Data Collection Overlap/Shared Uses .233 Protection from Private Intrusion ............................................................... 234