--- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:04:02 -0400 >To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> >From: Barry Steinhardt <Bsteinhardt@private> >Subject: The Surveillance Industrial Complex > >Declan, > > >The ACLU is releasing a new report today on the "Surveillance-Industrial >Complex," an in-depth look at all the ways that the government is >conscripting or recruiting private companies for its war individual >privacy and liberty . The report is online at: > > www.aclu.org/surveillance > > >In conjunction with the release of the report, we have created a new >action Web page asking consumers to help us ask companies to take a >"no-spy pledge" that they won't willingly cooperate with government >demands for their customers' data. > >The action page is online at:www.aclu.org/privatize > >The No Spy Pledge says: > >1. You will not turn individually identifiable data on your customers over >to the government for security purposes unless legally required to do so. > > 2. You will use every legal means to fight government demands for data > that are not authorized by current law, or which violate your > Constitutional rights or those of your customers. > >3. If the government serves you with a legally binding request to turn >over customer information, you will notify customers that our information >has been turned over (unless you are subject to a gag order prohibiting >you from doing so under the Patriot Act or other legislation) > >In addition, companies called data aggregators are increasingly becoming a >means by which the government accesses information on individuals. I would >also like to ask whether you provide information about your customers to >data aggregators or any other companies that are in the business of >consolidating customer information. If so, which ones > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Barry Steinhardt > > > >Director Technology and Liberty Project > >American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) > >125 Broad Street > >NYC 10004 > >www.aclu.org _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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