major marco
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1 edit |  Cali Best in the Nation Privacy Laws Under Attack
Surprise. The feds want to dilute our law to be exactly like its own piss poor privacy laws. Don't let this happen. The ID thieves would love nothing better.
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California's best-in-the-nation identity theft laws are under attack. Congress is trying to weaken national identity theft protections while simultaneously eliminating our stronger state laws. This bill would also prevent states from passing new identity theft laws.
Ask your member of Congress to join CALPIRG in opposition to any new federal law that would block California's existing identity theft laws. Then, ask your friends and family to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the following link or paste it into your browser:
»calpirg.org/CA.asp?id=1362&id4=ES
Background
It was a California law that forced the data-dealing company ChoicePoint to reveal nationwide that it had mistakenly sold personal information on millions of Americans to identity thieves posing as businessmen. It is a California law
that allows each of us to put a freeze on our credit reports, thereby preventing identity thieves from pretending to be us and opening new lines of credit. Both of these laws are now sweeping the country thanks to the work of PIRGs in other states.
California's identity theft laws were passed despite opposition from credit bureaus, banks and other companies that collect, store and sell our personal information. Now, Congress wants to do them a favor by passing a federal law
that will set weak national identity theft protections but will pre-empt all stronger state laws and eliminate state authority to pass new strong laws.
The so-called "Financial Data Protection Act," HR 3997, would:
-Require companies to alert consumers about data breaches only if the company deems it a threat to the consumers; Establish a weak, but preemptive security freeze that only applies to victims, meaning that it wouldn't help non-victims of identity theft protect themselves;
- Fail to even lightly regulate the activities of data brokers like ChoicePoint, the virtually unregulated data dealer company that sold 163,000 dossiers to identity thieves;
- Prevent state Attorneys General from protecting their citizens from privacy invasions; and,
Ask your member of Congress to join CALPIRG in opposition to any new federal law that would block California's existing identity theft laws. Then, ask your friends and family to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click on the following link or paste it into your browser:
»calpirg.org/CA.asp?id=1362&id4=ES
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sholling
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major marco
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CALPIRG Update - Need Feedback on Businesses
CALPIRG is conducting a survey to see how selected businesses are protecting your personal information. In order to sign up to help us with this please fill in the form below and CALPIRG researcher Elizabeth Ridlington will be in touch with you. »calpirg.org/CA.asp?id=1573&id4=ES
It would be helpful to get feedback on the selected businesses from real people. Feel free to pass along this URL.
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Re: Cali Best in the Nation Privacy Laws Under Attack
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said by major marco :- Fail to even lightly regulate the activities of data brokers like ChoicePoint, the virtually unregulated data dealer company that sold 163,000 dossiers to identity thieves; I'm generally wholly in agreement with these sentiments, but I need to take minor issue with one part: ChoicePoint sold data to licensed private investigators: if the Attorney General of California gave them a pass (aka "a license"), I'm not sure we can lay all the blame on ChoicePoint. I'll also note that ChoicePoint was explicitly asked by law enforcement not to shut down the criminals so the investigation could continue.
But major dittos to the rest.
Steve
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major marco
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1 edit | said by Steve :I need to take minor issue with one part: ChoicePoint sold data to licensed private investigators: if the Attorney General of California gave them a pass (aka "a license"), I'm not sure we can lay all the blame on ChoicePoint. ChoicePoint is just evil period, IMO, but I am way too ibuprofen-enhanced at the moment to IRAC you, Steve. Maybe lata.
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said by Steve :I smell a CurtesyFlush rant coming on... Nope, nothing brewing over here. I'm in Marco's camp on this one
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| said by CurtesyFlush :Nope, nothing brewing over here. I'm in Marco's camp on this one said by major marco :Cali ?
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major marco
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said by hopeflicker :We have privacy laws here in the US? News to me Not so's you would notice. Just the State of California has the real ones.
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CurtesyFlush
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Fontana, CA | reply to Steve
Did I ever bitch about that too? I don't recall if I did. I lose track of the stuff I bitch about.
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| said by CurtesyFlush :Did I ever bitch about that too? You've commented about it before:
»Re: Anybody here in Cali buy an off-list AR-15 lower receiver?
but looking back, I see you weren't the one to tear off on a rant about it.
Oops, nothing to see here 
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said by Barbara Boxer :
Dear Friend:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the security and privacy of sensitive personal information. I appreciate hearing from you, and I strongly share your concerns.
I have been working for years to strengthen privacy protections, and I am currently working to protect Americans from identity theft and to ensure our privacy laws keep up with new technologies.
That is why I am co-sponsoring S.768, the Identity Theft Protection Act. This bill would set limits on the sale and transfer of sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers; assist victims of identity theft; and establish a cybersecurity program to help prevent identity theft from occurring over the Internet.
In addition, I have introduced an amendment that would ban cell phone companies from including any cell phone number in a directory without an individual's consent. It would also prohibit companies from charging fees to consumers for having an unlisted cell phone number.
I am also a co-sponsor of S.2178, the Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006, which would make it a criminal offense to obtain or sell telephone records without a customer's authorization.
Again, thank you for sharing your views on this important issue. Please be assured that I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress and with the Federal Trade Commission to protect personal information.
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator
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said by Steve :said by CurtesyFlush :Nope, nothing brewing over here. I'm in Marco's camp on this one said by major marco :Cali ? I was going to tee off on that one. Cali is in Colombia, not the US.
and I should read the whole thread before I post.
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said by No_Strings :Barbara Boxer makes me want to buy an off-list AR-15. She's hott. |
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