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Files in this Archive

  • 19990421_leahy_electr_rghts.bill
    This is a bill introduced by Senator Leahy some sections of which were eventually incorporated in other bills and in the FCC implementation order relevant to CALEA. This bill was read twice on the floor and referred to committee and never was voted on in this form. The titles were: Title I: Privacy Protection for Communications and Electronic Information
    Title II: Promoting Use of Encryption
    Title III: Privacy Protection for Library Loan and Book Sale Records
    Title IV: Privacy Protection for Satellite Home Viewers
  • 15usc1681u.law
    recent amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, adding a new section covering FBI obtaining and use of consumer credit information, and providing for penalties for abuse of this information.
  • clinton-consumer_bill_rights.proposal
    Excerpts from - Clinton/Gore Campaign Pledging Strong Consumer Protections. Calls for a "Right to Safety", a "Right to be Informed", and a "Right to Choose".
  • credit_report.kit
    File containing credit report information, 'Credit Reports: What You Need to Know!', a 1994 report from Enterprising Solutions.
  • junkmail.faq
    File containing information on how to stop companies from sending you junk mail, dated November 17, 1993.
  • privacy_for_sale.faq
    File, dated February 27, 1993, containing information on how easy it is for someone to get information about you.
  • web_bugs
    The Web Bugs FAQ, v1.0 November 11, 1999
  • s984_consumer_workplace_priv.bill
    File containing bill S.984, 'Consumer Workplace Privacy Bill, introduced in the US Senate, May, 1993, to prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace, and for other purposes.

Subdirectories in This Archive

  • ICPPA/
    directory of info on HR1029, the Insurance Claims Privacy Protection Act, a piece of legislation introduced in 1997 by US Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY) to preclude a "crime bureau" from establishing an "all-claims" database to which law enforcement officers have easy access for privacy-invasive "fishing expeditions" in which data on all insurance claimants is treated as if it belonged to crime suspects.
  • Online/
    Directory with links to info on e-mail address compilation and electronic mailing lists, commercial snooping on Web users, and otherwise online "versions" of the credit & commercial privacy and junkmailing issues.

Related On-Site Resources

  • Ram Avrahami's lawsuit against US News and World Report for selling his name on a mailing list without his permission.
    Though USNWP has won all the way to the appellate level, Avrahami is appealing to the Virginia Supreme Court. The case, if it goes Avrahami's way, could have an immensely beneficial effect on privacy, if widely influential in other jurisdictions, by finally establishing an individual's proprietary interest in their own personally identifiable information. The effect on the Internet would be profound as well, and would resolve numerous privacy concerns such as involuntary collection of personal information about web browsers by the sites they visit, emailbox spamming, etc.
  • Bank surveillance government financial privacy invasion, and the draft FDIC "Know Your Customer" regulations.

Links to Related Off-Site Resources