The former privacy officer of Internet advertising giant DoubleClick will be the Department of Homeland Security's first privacy czar, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced today.
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Does this mark the beginning of the end for privacy, not only on the Internet but as a whole? The director of privacy at DoubleClick, a company which has become infamous for their constant use of cookies to track users web viewing habits, has now become the "Privacy Czar" of the United States.

Do you think this was a good choice for the Homeland Security Department, or is this yet another sign of the impending apocalypse?