From: "ama-gi ISPI" <offshore@email.msn.com> Subject: IP: ISPI Clips 5.24: Privacy Campaign Plods Ahead Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 00:29:48 -0700 To: <Undisclosed.Recipients@majordomo.pobox.com> ISPI Clips 5.24: Privacy Campaign Plods Ahead News & Info from the Institute for the Study of Privacy Issues (ISPI) Thursday October 8, 1998 ISPI4Privacy@ama-gi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This From: WIRED News, Wednesday October 7, 1998 http://www.wired.com Privacy Campaign Plods Ahead http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15467.html By Niall McKay, niall@wired.com In the wake of a costly ad campaign designed to raise consumer awareness about the cryptography debate in Washington, a coalition of Internet industry companies, privacy activists, and elected officials will turn to letter writing. The Americans for Computer Privacy [ http://www.computerprivacy.org/ ] said Wednesday that the group will send a barrage of missives to the government. One letter will target every member of Congress and stress the need to build on recent government policy relaxing encryption restrictions with "solid legislation." The group will also call on Vice President Al Gore "to make sure that the good fight to protect American privacy is regulated." Americans for Computer Privacy has been waging a public campaign to educate consumers about the complex crypto issue, in an effort to get grassroots support behind their drive to liberalize the federal government's encryption policy. In July, the group launched a TV and Internet advertising campaign designed to educate consumers about the need for privacy. The campaign was created by the public-policy advertising firm Goddard-Claussen, best known for its "Harry & Louise" commercials. That high-profile series featured a yuppie couple and aimed to undercut the Clinton administration's health-care reform initiative. The current campaign by the Americans for Computer Privacy is reportedly being closely watched by the FBI and other intelligence agencies. At this point, it is unclear to what degree the campaign has altered the course of legislation. In its latest lobbying effort, the group will urge both the White House and Congress to reconsider legislation that would ease export restrictions on strong encryption and ban the imposition of mandatory key-recovery features in software sold in the United States. The legislation in question includes such bills as the "E-Privacy Act" (S. 2067), the "Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act" (SAFE, HR 695), and "The Secure Public Networks Act" (S. 909). The letters are backed by an unusual alliance of Republican and Democrats including members of congress Bob Goodlatte, (R-Virginia), Rick White (R-Washington), Zoe Lofgren (D-California) and Samuel Gejdenson (D-Connecticut), as well as Senators John Ashcroft (R-Missouri), Conrad Burns (R-Montana), and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). Copyright © 1994-98 Wired Digital Inc. --------------------------------NOTICE:------------------------------ ISPI Clips are news & opinion articles on privacy issues from all points of view; they are clipped from local, national and international newspapers, journals and magazines, etc. Inclusion as an ISPI Clip does not necessarily reflect an endorsement of the content or opinion by ISPI. 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