Absent the elaborate use of personal counter-spy measures, preventing the collection of personal information is increasingly futile and doomed to fail.

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The bill proposes new civil measures for preventing people from being forced to enter into marriage without their free and full consent and for protecting those who have been forced to enter into marriage.

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Hirai went on to talk vaguely about increased security measures aimed at preventing future hacks, including upgraded encryption, more firewall protections, and an early warning system to detect attacks.

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The recalls are the latest in a series of extreme measures aimed at first preventing and then retaliating for Walker's budget reforms, which curtail the power of government employee unions.

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The measures are also aimed at preventing banking failures, of the type that happened in Greece and Spain, ending up on the books of eurozone governments.

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Trimming even the silliest of these measures (such as those preventing public photography of children) risks the wrath of the same tabloids who also fulminate about red tape.

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Prevent and deter fraud situations: Rules and predictive methods can help users optimize their analysis, adapting measures to deceptive patterns and better preventing fraud.

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Still, any success with the measures could head off spectrum crunches while simultaneously preventing any solutions from consolidating too much power and creating their own problems.

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And it does not include a host of other needed measures to boost competition, such as: detecting and punishing collusion, preventing former civil servants from abusing their public ties when they retire, encouraging foreign investment and promoting economic diversity in Japan's regions.

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