magnetic strips ("magstripes"), 109–110
Magna Carta, 5–7, 116
Major, Prime Minister (U.K.) John, 116
Mallia, Edward, 230–231
McIntyre, Professor Michael, 19
medical and health records
as part of background checks, 38–39
employer misuse of, 261–263
privacy of, 157–165
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, 244
MetroCard, 193
Miller, George and Tracy, 231–232
Minority Report (Spielberg), 73–74
misuse of information by federal government, 92–93
Mitnick, Kevin, 20–21
Moran, Representative Jim, 100
motor vehicle records, as part of background checks, 35–36
MS-DOS (Microsoft), 132, 134