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Subject: FC: Anonymous lawsuit challenging FCC is OK, judge sez
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>Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:49:57 -0800
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>From: John Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Anonymous lawsuit
>
>Anonymous Suit Allowed Over FCC Rules
> Broadcasters on an unlicensed Manhattan "micro-power" radio
>station called "Steal This Radio" can challenge government licensing
>provisions in court without identifying themselves, a New York
>federal judge ruled Monday. Noting that the challengers would,
>if identified, face possible civil penalties and criminal prosecution
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>New York Law Journal
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>**Read the full story**
>http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/feb/e020299d.html
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From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:05:24 -0500
Subject: FC: Rep. Ron Paul introduces financial privacy bills
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The Microsoft trial kept me from attending the press conf. But my report
from
last month on Paul's set of legislation introduced today is at:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17404.html
And some of my reports from last year on other Paul attempts to block
federal
information gathering:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,14116,00.html
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,14191,00.html
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-Declan
> PRESS CONFERENCE
> ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> WHAT: Press Conference
> WHY: Introduction of Financial Privacy Protection Package
> WHEN: 11:30 am, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999
> WHERE: 203 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
> ____________________________________________
>
> Paul to introduce financial privacy package
> Bills would secure privacy, stop "Know Your Customer" regulations
>
> WASHINGTON, DC -- US Rep. Ron Paul will hold a press conference
at
> 11:30 am on Wednesday, February 3, 1999 to announce the introduction
of
a
> package of legislation securing the financial privacy rights of
American
> citizens. The press conference will be held in Rep. Paul's office, at
203
> Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC.
> The Financial Privacy Protection Package, to be introduced
> Wednesday, Feb. 2, includes:
>
> Know Your Customer Sunset Act -- With a growing number of
original
> cosponsors already, this legislation will prohibit the FDIC, Federal
> Reserve and other agencies from implementing the proposed "Know Your
> Customer" regulations. The regulations have produced a firestorm of
> opposition from consumers and bankers alike.
>
> Bank Secrecy Sunset Act -- This legislation would sunset the
> Nixon-era Bank Secrecy Act, a loosely written law which has been
> much-abused (allowing regulators to create "Know Your Customer," for
> example) to the detriment of the customers of financial institutions.
The
> Sunset Act would require that Congress either re-write the law, or
devolve
> the regulatory power to the states.
>
> FinCEN Public Accountability Act -- This legislation will allow
> American consumers to see the files created on them by the Financial
> Crimes Enforcement Network, similar to laws allowing individuals to
access
> the files created on them by the FBI and credit bureaus.
>
>
>
>
> Paul introduces financial privacy package
> Measures will ensure American's privacy, stop "Know Your Customer"
regs
>
> WASHINGTON, DC -- In an effort to reclaim the eroding privacy
rights
> of American citizens, US Rep. Ron Paul on Wednesday introduced his
> financial privacy package that includes three separate pieces of
> legislation.
> "Today we proclaim that American citizens have the right to be
free
> of the snooping, spying, prying eyes of government bureaucrats," said
Rep.
> Paul. "This legislative package will, once enacted, give Americans the
> peace of mind that comes from knowing that their every financial step
is
> not being filed away and viewed as potentially criminal. This package
> restores and protects the fundamental privacy and due process rights
that
> are the foundation of our system of government."
> The centerpiece of the package is the Know Your Customer Sunset
Act,
> which will stop federal agencies from implementing recently proposed
> regulations that would essentially turn bankers into the frontline
spies
> and investigators for the federal government. The proposed regulations
> have garnered more than 14,000 opposition comments from customers and
> bankers alike. Rep. Paul was the first Member of Congress to take a
stand
> against the proposed regulations.
> "These rules are more like 'Spy on your neighbor,' and I have
not
> yet met anyone who likes them," Rep. Paul said. "I've heard from
literally
> thousands of people, and not one of them wants the government to
require
> banks to implement these massive new programs which turn every
customer
> into a presumed-guilty suspect."
> An informal group of organizations and individuals actively
opposing
> the proposed rules and supporting Rep. Paul's legislation ranges from
the
> liberal American Civil Liberties Union to the conservative Eagle
Forum.
In
> addition, the Texas Bankers Association, the California Bankers
> Association and the American Bankers Association are actively opposing
the
> rules.
> The Know Your Customer Sunset Act has about a dozen original
> co-sponsors, including Majority Whip Tom Delay of Texas, Government
Reform
> chairman Dan Burton of Indiana and the Resources Committee chairman
Don
> Young of Alaska.
> Rep. Paul's financial privacy package also includes the Bank
Secrecy
> Sunset Act. The measure would require that Congress either re-write
the
> poorly-written and abused Nixon-era law, or choose to devolve the
power
of
> regulation to the states.
> Finally, there is the FinCEN Public Accountability Act. This
measure
> would allow Americans to view the files created on them by the
Financial
> Crimes Enforcement Network, much as citizens are currently allowed to
view
> their FBI and credit report files.
> "It's time for Congress to reign in the creeping Surveillance
State;
> the time has come, the people are demanding it."
> A special section on Rep. Paul's web site contains a great deal
of
> background information on the important topic. It can be found at:
> http://www.house.gov/paul/privacy/.
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ISPI Clips 9.02: Did UK Internet Firms Aid Cops?
News & Info from the Institute for the Study of Privacy Issues (ISPI)
Thursday January 4, 1999
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This From: WIRED News, Tuesday February 2, 1999
http://www.wired.com
Did UK Internet Firms Aid Cops?
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17678.html
by
Alan Docherty
LONDON -- A free speech advocacy group obtained new evidence Monday that
Britain's online industry is secretly advising police on how they might
access email and other personal data.
Yaman Akdeniz, director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK)
http://cyber-rights.org/ ] said in a statement that the industry group,
the
Internet Service Provider Association of the UK (ISPA)
http://www.ispa.org.uk/ ], now "runs the risk of becoming the Big
Brother
Providers Association."
The group represents 90 percent of all dial-up Internet companies in
Britain.
According to Akdeniz, the association furnished the Association of Chief
Police Officers (ACPO) with a report about the type of information
stored
by
Internet service providers, how long the information could be stored,
and
how it could be accessed.
A disgruntled member of the ISPA leaked the police briefing report --
'Industry Capabilities of Information' -- to Akdeniz last year. The
report
follows accusations from several civil liberties organizations of secret
deals between the police and ISPA.
Akdeniz said that the incident is only the latest in a series of
incidents
that the self-regulation group such as the ISPA -- an industry group
charged
with regulating and policing the Net -- has been accused of secrecy and
subterfuge.
Last August, the group Campaign for Internet Freedom
http://www.netfreedom.org/uk/ ] reported that Internet service providers
were attempting to reach private arrangements with police. Last August,
Computing magazine reported that police were close to reaching a
'memorandum
of understanding' with Internet service providers that could enable
officers
across the country to read an individual's email.
In response to this latest report, the trade group London Internet
Exchange
[ http://www.linx.net/ ] and the regulatory body Internet Watch
Foundation
[ http://www.iwf.org.uk/ ] issued an official denial that such talks had
ever taken place.
In January of this year, unsatisfied with how the ISPA was handling
approaches from the police, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK)
encouraged
its supporters to send a pro forma letter to their Internet service
providers. Nicholas Lansman, secretary general of the ISPA, advised ISPs
to
ignore the letters.
Lansman then denied his comments to several journalists before finally
admitting "the words had been used." Lansman's deception did little to
convince Net users that ISPA could be trusted.
Tim Pearson, chair of ISPA, claims that reports of the talks between the
Association of Chief Police Officers and the Internet industry were
overstated.
Pearson said the latest report was simply a briefing document outlining
the
workings of the industry for the police. ISPA's current advice is that
emails can only be handed over once a court order had been obtained.
Free speech organizations say that the report points to a lack of
accountability in the self-regulatory industry. Organizations such as
the
ISPA are accountable only to their members, work to their own guidelines
and
policies, and have resisted calls for increased public accountability.
"For months, ISPA and the IWF have been denying that any secret deals
were
in the making, despite indications to the contrary," said Chris Ellison,
founder of Internet Freedom.
"Finally we have concrete evidence that ISPA has been collaborating with
the
police and misleading the public. It's about time they came clean".
Akdeniz agrees about the lack of accountability.
"The Association of Chief Police Officers ... has no statutory basis.
ACPO
is a body set up by chief police officers.
Copyright © 1994-99 Wired Digital Inc.
Related Wired Links:
EU Privacy Law is Awkward for US; 23.Oct.98
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/15779.html
Survey: Privacy Laws Common; 5.Oct.98
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15428.html
UK Activist: Let 1,000 Mirror Sites Bloom; 16.Jun.97
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/4461.html
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