[80112] in Cypherpunks
Re: Just Say "No" to Congress
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Thu May 15 03:02:15 1997
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 01:25:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v03007802af9fa094e283@[207.167.93.63]>
Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Tim wrote:
> We're basically under assault from all directions. The bozos in Congress
> and state governments are spinning out new laws and obscure regulations
> faster than we can react...and of course they're using our money to
> generate these laws and lobby for them. Further, a mostly-brainwashed
> Washington media population is surprising uncritical of these blizzard
> drifts of new laws.
Hmmm... Do I get counted in the "mostly-brainwashed" category?
FYI, here are two bills that Feinstein introduced recently:
S. 504. Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act
of 1997. Prohibits the sale of personal information about children
without their parents' consent. Introduced by Feinstein (D-CA) on
3/20/97. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 600. Personal Information Privacy Act of 1997. Amends FCRA to
prohibit sale on non-public information, prohibits use of SSN as ID
number, limits use of SSN on drivers liscenses. Introduced by
Feinstein (D-CA) on 4/16/97. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
-Declan
