Eugene Scalia Quotes

… corporations do almost everything that the federal government has been banned from doing under various laws, in particular the Privacy Act of 1974.

I'm nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.

Keep under strict surveillance and control those secret establishments which, within your government structures, seem to regard themselves as above the law.

I support safeguarding users' personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers' privacy.

If we want corporations to act differently, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and through penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws.

Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets.

Ethical and legal are not synonyms. ;

In this era of massive online connectivity, the majority of privacy breaches and data leaks remain unknown, unchallenged, and unregulated. Regulatory compliance alone cannot ensure privacy.

Apple exists as a corporate entity with the protections provided by U.S. laws, but it cannot be allowed to pick and choose when to abide by those laws as it sees fit.

Data is valuable, so let's be mindful of how we're sharing it.

You can collect Facebook data legally with the consent of the Facebook users and the consent of Facebook.

U.S. companies need clear guidelines on when they have to turn over electronic communications to law enforcement if that information is stored abroad. The current uncertainty harms U.S. businesses and their customers and does not well-serve our foreign relationships.

When executives allegedly lie to the investing public about their company's performance and thereby harm the integrity of the market, they must be held accountable.

All the good work in the world will not compensate for the damage that a single facet of the business, or a rogue individual, can do. Insider trading, environmental damage, human-rights violations, and opportunistic practices erode trust and result in net negative impact.

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.

If we really care about safety we would close down WikiLeaks. We would treat the people at WikiLeaks as enemy combatants. We would declare that the kind of thing this private did is treason. WikiLeaks is not a fun and games event. WikiLeaks undermines profoundly the ability of the United States to work around the world. Why would you, if you were a foreigner thinking about helping the United States, why would you confide anything to an American when you know that it could end up in The New York Times based on some leak?

Today we all give all our data away all day long while aiming to maintaining our privacy.

Where protection of certain sensitive information is well-founded, I remain committed to upholding the laws and longstanding policies governing classification and public release.

We need a sweeping debate about ethics, boundaries, and regulation for location data technologies.

Our view is that sensitive, contractual, market-moving, private data should be kept private.

I mean, comics fear sue - you know, lawsuits and stuff like that, just because they don't like to do paperwork.

I definitely think it's important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress.

Once it becomes mandatory to report that you've had data stolen, blackmailing you is a waste of time. Blackmailing you to keep quiet - you can't, because you've got a legal obligation to tell everyone.

Most companies don't want their data co-mingled with other customers. Small companies will tolerate it.

The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle. If Enron executives had shouted, "Head for the hills!" the employees might have had time to sucker other Americans into buying wildly over-inflated Enron stock. Just because your boss is a criminal doesn't make you a hero.