Adware maker joins federal privacy board | CNET News.com

This has to be the epitome of “out of touch”.

http://jonathanmurray.com/greymatter/archives/00000496.htm Gator (now known as Claria) is getting help from the DHS in it’s push for legitimacy. Is no one at the DHS familiar with this company’s shady, malicious tactics?

How is the vendor of the most infamous, invasive scumware supposed to help protect our privacy? Oh, that’s right… they won’t. /sigh

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.