Dear PhneCards, Please stop using my email address as part of an inappropriate email bomb. If this continues, I will be forced to persecute your return email address. Now we don't want that to happen, do we? -Declan On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 PhneCards@aol.com wrote:
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 18:13:24 -0400 From: PhneCards@aol.com To: declan@eff.org, cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Lexis and Privacy - Bill approaches.
Did you know this company is using your email address as part of an unlawful email bomb?
I would advise you to write to them at cypherpunks@toad.com and owner-cypherpunks@toad.com and advise them to stop using your email address for this type of activity.
It is illegal to use a invalid return email address. If this continues, I will be forced to prosecute the return email address - which they are making to look like you.
Below is the letter that I received in my email box =================================================
In a message dated 96-09-25 15:12:13 EDT, you write:
Subj: Re: Lexis and Privacy - Bill approaches. Date: 96-09-25 15:12:13 EDT From: declan@eff.org (Declan McCullagh) Sender: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com To: unicorn@schloss.li (Black Unicorn) CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
This would be good if the bills were written well and thoughtfully. Unfortunately, they explicitly extend executive branch regulatory jurisdiction to the Net. At least the one I read did; I understand there are multiple versions.
-Declan
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Black Unicorn wrote:
Pressure from the FTC Which fielded hundreds of complaints about Lexis and the social security number scrap) has prompted members of the Banking Committee to add provisions to the most recent spending bills which protect personal information (including social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, and so forth) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This limits access to this information to credit agencies and otherwise authorized entities. (Of which I assume Lexis is not one).
It's not great protection, but it's something.
I urge everyone to take their own measures to protect personal data regardless of what some piece of paper on a library shelf says is protected. The only real protection is not to allow release of the data in the first place.
-- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
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