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eWEEK has a special report on privacy:

H&R Block Mailing Reveals Customers' SSNs
The company says its use of customers' Social Security numbers in package tracking IDs was an unprecedented mistake and will not recur.

RFID Fears Create Their Own Market
Opinion: A grad student's invention may hint at what lies ahead for the wireless world: wallets that block RFID signals.

StealthText, Should You Choose to Accept It
Staellium UK introduces a text-messaging service that allows users such as executives and celebrities to send messages that vanish after 40 seconds.

North Carolina Certifies Voting Machine Vendors
The state's Board of Elections certifies Diebold to continue selling electronic voting machines in the state and conditionally certifies Election Systems & Software and conditionally certified Sequoia Voting Systems.

Senate Panel Approves Data-Breach Bill
Legislation dealing with spyware and disclosure of data breaches is making its way through the Senate.

Adware Vendors Back Trusted Download Program
Nonprofit online privacy group TrustE's proposed registration program for downloadable software has the support of major vendors, as well as the FTC, but Google and Microsoft are remaining aloof for now.

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