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Subject: Computer Privacy Digest V4#077
Computer Privacy Digest Mon, 13 Jun 94 Volume 4 : Issue: 077
Today's Topics: Moderator: Leonard P. Levine
What I do W/Your License Plate
Proposed Dutch Encryption Law Withdrawn
Re: License Plates
Re: Terminology & Foreign Investing
SSNs, Drivers and Students in Kentucky
URGENT: Please Tell Congress to Allow Encryption Export
CFP: Workshop On Law and Technology
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From: jjvasq@skcla.monsanto.com
Date: 8 Jun 1994 18:39:14 GMT
Subject: What I do W/Your License Plate
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
this is what i do with license plates:
-i record the employee's plate number for later use to notify
employee of the usual things: lights on, parking violation,etc.
-i can also make DMV searches and/or police checks.
in the event the vehicle doesn't have a plate:
-i can look for a city sticker and get info from that number.
-or if all else fails, i can just have the whole heap of junk
towed away and not worry about it any longer. :)
julian
(you can always find the information if you know where
to look.)
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From: rutgera@rd.mey.nl (Rutger Alsbach)
Date: 9 Jun 1994 14:12:13 +0100
Subject: Proposed Dutch Encryption Law Withdrawn
Newsflash from The Netherlands: the proposal for a Dutch encryption law
is withdrawn.
from the day that the first rumours about it became public, it was the
target for a sheer avalanche of (more and less carefully balanced)
criticism, coming from all corners of the Dutch (legal) society. The
author of the proposal (mr. A. Patijn of the Ministery of Justice) has
however emphasized that regulation of the issue in some form eventually
is inevitable. But any new initiatives will entirely be up to the new
government (which still has to be formed after the elections of last
May), so it will have to wait.
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| G.M.R. Alsbach |
| SOR Rotterdam |
--------------------------------------------| tel +31 10 4072 237 |------
| fax +31 10 4072 612 |
| rutgera@rd.mey.nl |
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From: milles@fi.gs.com (Stevens Miller)
Date: 09 Jun 1994 09:50:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: License Plates
Organization: Fixed Income Division - Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Elephants are for hugging <STU_JFSHICKE@VAX1.ACS.JMU.EDU> ()
writes: dhughes@robins.af.mil (Dolly Hughes) said: I was under the
impression that you couldn't just go to DMV and ask to find a name
and address. It's illegal in several states and it began with
California after the dead of actress Rebecca Schaffer
To my knowledge, DMV records are presently public in all but two states,
California (for the reason above) and Massachusetts (some say due to the
wishes of a man named Kennedy). In New Jersey, they'll give out driver
records over the phone. In New York, there's a computer you can call.
---
Stevens R. Miller |"The love of free government money
(212) 227-1594 | is an evil greater than slavery."
sharp@echonyc.com |
New York, New York | - Abraham Lincoln
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From: padgett@141.240.2.145 (Padgett 0sirius)
Date: 9 Jun 1994 11:20:51
Subject: Re: Terminology & Foreign Investing
Organization: IPL InterNetNews site
"Willis H. Ware" <Willis_Ware@rand.org> writes: In the so-called
"privacy law" of the U.S. and other countries, the intent of the
laws and various administrative bodies that go with the laws is to
control how information about people is used. Such information
need not be confidential [e.g., mailing lists, customer lists,
video rental lists] but may be; privacy law attempts to bound its
use whether the personal information is sensitive or not.
For the US the privacy to which individuals have a "right" to is
spelled out in United States Code title 5 section 552a (the Privacy
Act).
Am not a lawyer but can read.
A. Padgett Peterson, P.E.
Cybernetic Psychophysicist
We also walk dogs
PGP 2.4 Public Key Available
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From: KAY A SCHAFER <k.schafe@msuacad.morehead-st.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 94 18:41:29 EDT
Subject: SSNs, Drivers and Students in Kentucky
Under Kentucky Law, "any person" can pay three dollars to get a copy of
a driving history record. (601 K.A.R. 12:040) Kentucky drivers'
licenses state drivers' social security numbers. Although there are
Ky. Attorney General's Opinions saying that state agencies are allowed
to keep SSNs private as an exception to the state's open records law, I
assume the decision is left open to the agency. I say this since
recent legislative activity seems to suggest that some driver records
have been revealing SSNs. Starting in 1996, SSNs will no longer be
used on Kentucky drivers' licenses, Senate Bill 171, and won't be
considered public records.
Also, under new legislation (House Bill 176) Kentucky parents have the
option of not disclosing their minor children's SSNs for school
records. Since I only have a summary of this recently passed bill, I
do not know how it will affect college students, whose SSNs are
frequently used in records.
The usefulness of an SSN to conduct further investigation regarding an
individual is becoming more and more a matter of widespread knowledge.
(See Jeff Rothfeder's Privacy for sale, a recent Woman's Day article on
deadbeat dads, etc.)
Kay Schafer
k.schafe@msuacad.morehead-st.edu
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From: mech@eff.org (Stanton McCandlish)
Date: 10 Jun 1994 16:21:30 -0400
Subject: URGENT: Please Tell Congress to Allow Encryption Export
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Forwarded message:
From: gnu@eff.org (John Gilmore)
House Intelligence Committee holds key to Crypto Export
ask@eff.org June 9, 1994 *DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*
Today, the U.S. State Department controls the export of most
encryption, working closely with the National Security Agency (NSA) to
limit products that provide real privacy, from cell-phones to PC
software. A bill introduced by Rep. Maria Cantwell would instead give
authority over non-military crypto exports to the Commerce Department.
Commerce has much more reasonable regulations, with "First
Amendment"-style unlimited publishing of publicly available software,
including PGP, Kerberos, RIPEM, RSAREF, and mass-market commercial
software. The bill also prevents the Commerce Dept. from tightening
the regulations even if NSA somehow gets its tentacles into Commerce.
A few months ago, you-all sent over 5600 messages to Rep. Cantwell in
support of her bill, H.R. 3627. As a result, on May 18, the bill
passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee by being incorporated into
the Export Administration Act of 1994, H.R. 3937.
Now the battle has become more intense. This portion of H.R. 3937 has
been referred to the House Intelligence Committee with the intent to
kill or severely maim it. We need your help again, to urge the
Intelligence Committee to keep crypto export liberalization intact.
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees, the only watchdogs for
the NSA, tend to follow the agency's wishes when they wave the magic
"national security" wand. They need plenty of input from the public
that tells them that the nation will be *more* secure with good
encryption, even though the NSA will be less happy.
Not just computer users, but all users of telephones, cable TV, health
care, and credit information systems would benefit from this change.
The security of these applications is built on the foundation laid by
the operating systems and network protocols on which they run. If
this bill is passed, you will see high quality encryption built into
Microsoft Windows, into the MacOS, into major Unix workstations, into
the Internet, into cellular phones, into interactive television. The
software already exists for confidentiality, privacy, and security of
local and networked information, but it's not built-in to these
systems because of the export ban. Today, each company could build
two operating systems, one gutted for international use, but this
would be costly and confusing for them and their customers, and would
not allow international networks such as the Internet or telephones to
be made secure and private. With this bill, these limits disappear.
Furthermore, the Clinton Administration plans to permit high volume
exports of Clipper products, while continuing to require tedious
paperwork for truly secure encryption products. The bill would give
Clipper and other crypto software more even-handed treatment.
The bill also eliminates a senseless situation on the Internet.
Today, crypto software can only be freely distributed from non-U.S.
archive sites. It would eliminate that problem as well as the threat
of prosecution against U.S. freeware authors of crypto software.
This is the dream we've all been working toward. Here's how you can
help to make this dream a reality. The Intelligence Committee must
make its decision on the bill before June 17, so time is critical:
1) Fax a short letter TODAY to the chair of the Intelligence
Committee, Representative Dan Glickman (D-KS). Ask him in your own
words to leave the encryption provisions of H.R. 3937 intact. Use a
positive tone ("Please support...") rather than a flame or a rant.
One paragraph is fine. State your title and organization if you will
look more important or better informed than the average citizen. Rep.
Glickman's committee fax number is +1 202 225 1991. This is the best
option, since individual letters are given the most weight by members
of Congress, particularly when sent on letterhead paper.
2) If you are unable to fax a letter, send an e-mail message to Rep.
Glickman at glickman@eff.org. Software or staff at the Electronic
Frontier Foundation will either fax it in, or print it out and
hand-deliver it for you.
3) Send a copy of this message to everyone you know in Kansas, and
personally urge them to write to Rep. Glickman today. Letters from
constituents get a lot more weight, since they are from people who
could actually vote for or against him in the next election.
4) If your own Representative is on the Intelligence Committee, send
him or her a copy of what you sent Rep. Glickman. There's a list of all
such Reps. below. Even if we lose this battle, you will have started
educating your own Rep. about crypto policy.
5) Become a member of EFF. Our strength comes from our members' strength.
Send a note to membership@eff.org asking how to join.
Thanks again for your help! You can check at any time on the current
status of the campaign at the location below. Send any comments on
this campaign to campaign@eff.org.
John Gilmore
Chairman, EFF Crypto Committee
EFF Board of Directors
Member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Member of International Association for Cryptologic Research
House Intelligence Committee Members
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Subcommittee phone: +1 202 225 4121
Subcommittee fax: +1 202 225 1991 <== send your fax HERE <==
p st name phone fax
___________________________________________________________________________
D KS Glickman, Daniel +1 202 225 6216 private Chair
D WA Dicks, Norman D. +1 202 225 5916 +1 202 226 1176
D CA Dixon, Julian C. +1 202 225 7084 +1 202 225 4091
D NJ Torricelli, Robert +1 202 224 5061 +1 202 225 0843
D TX Coleman, Ronald D. +1 202 225 4831 +1 202 225 4831
D CO Skaggs, David E. +1 202 225 2161 +1 202 225 9127
D NV Bilbray, James H. +1 202 225 5965 +1 202 225 8808
D CA Pelosi, Nancy +1 202 225 4965 +1 202 225 8259
D TX Laughlin, Gregory H. +1 202 225 2831 +1 202 225 1108
D AL Cramer Jr, Robert (Bud) +1 202 225 4801 private
D RI Reed, John F. +1 202 225 2735 +1 202 225 9580
D MO Gephardt, Richard A. +1 202 225 2671 +1 202 225 7452
R TX Combest, Larry +1 202 225 4005 +1 202 225 9615
R NE Bereuter, Douglas +1 202 225 4806 +1 202 226 1148
R CA Dornan, Robert K. +1 202 225 2965 +1 202 225 3694
R FL Young, C. W. (Bill) +1 202 225 5961 +1 202 225 9764
R PA Gekas, George W. +1 202 225 4315 +1 202 225 8440
R UT Hansen, James V. +1 202 225 0453 +1 202 225 5857
R CA Lewis, Jerry +1 202 225 5861 +1 202 225 6498
R IL Michel, Robert H. +1 202 225 6201 +1 202 225 9461
The full text of this alert is stored at:
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/export.alert
gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts, export.alert
http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/export.alert
BBS (+1 202 638 6120, 8N1): "Alerts" file area, export.alt
FREQ (any system, no need to be nodelisted): export.alt
The actual text of this part of H.R. 3937 is at:
ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export/hr3937_crypto.excerpt
gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export, hr3937_crypto.excerpt
http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/ITAR_export/hr3937_crypto.excerpt
BBS: "Privacy--Crypto" file area, hr3937.crp
FREQ: hr3937.crp
For current status on the bill:
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/export_alert.update
gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts, export_alert.update
http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/export_alert.update
BBS: "Alerts" file area, export.upd
FREQ: export.upd
A general Web page on crypto export policy is at:
http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/export.html
--
Stanton McCandlish * mech@eff.org * Electronic Frontier Found. OnlineActivist
F O R M O R E I N F O, E - M A I L T O: I N F O @ E F F . O R G
O P E N P L A T F O R M O N L I N E R I G H T S
V I R T U A L C U L T U R E C R Y P T O
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From: fabio vitali <fabio@cirfid.unibo.it>
Date: 10 Jun 1994 16:16:14 GMT
Subject: CFP: Workshop On Law and Technology
Organization: CIRFID - University of Bologna
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
WORKSHOP ON LAW AND TECHNOLOGY
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17th IVR '95 WORLD CONGRESS, BOLOGNA (Italy), JUNE 16-21, 1995
"Challenges to Law at the End of the 20th Century"
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL OF THEMES: JUNE 30, 1994
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT OF PAPERS: AUGUST 31, 1994
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The International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy will hold its 17th world congress in Bologna (Italy) on
June 16th to 21st, 1995. The IVR world congress is the most important
congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, and takes place
every 2 years in various parts of the world.
The 17th world congress will be devoted to the changes, new functions
and roles of law at the end of our century, bearing in mind the
crucial events that have characterized the last decade. New forms of
sovereignty and citizenship are appearing in Europe; new
international orders are prevailing in the world; problems of
nationality, religion and ethnic groups are also evolving in new
ways. Technology and the media have an enormous impact on law and
justice, which are called upon to carry out very demanding tasks. The
traditional theory of the sources of law has to be largely
re-examined, and many issues of rights are at stake. A part of the
congress will be devoted to reports on the current state of research
in legal and social philosophy in different countries or cultural
areas.
Distinguished lecturers will address the topics characterizing the
main sessions:
- Rights and Other Legal Protections
- New Forms of Sovereignty and Citizenship
- New and Ancient Sources of Law
- Law and Technology
Parallel sessions, symposia and workshops will provide a comprehensive
coverage of these main themes.
The 17th IVR World Congress will consider including one or more
workshops dedicated to the reciprocal influences of technology and
law, with particular reference to the field of computer science.
The exponential growth of large-scale, international computer network
poses new relevant legal problems, from copyright to privacy to
computer crimes; new network services aid law scholars and
professionals in their job; advanced AI research finds in the law
domain interesting topics of study; the large masses of legal
documents require innovative paradigms for handling, storing and
retrieving data: information retrieval, hypertext and advanced data
bases are interesting candidates.
Contributions are welcome on the following suggested topics and others
that may be considered interesting. A partial list of subjects is:
- legal issues in international networks
- artificial intelligence and law
- hypertext for law
- legal databases and information retrieval systems
- privacy and technology
- computer crimes
Authors are invited to send statements of interest and submit
abstracts of possible papers by AUGUST 31, 1994. Further
suggestions of other topics, possible speakers, and possible
demostrations of relevant products needs to be received no later than
JUNE 30, 1994 to the address below. Please note that, in order to
speed the processing of messages, all correspondence should have
"IVR 95" as part of the subject.
For all corrispondence about the Conference please refer to:
Fabio Vitali
CIRFID - University of Bologna
Via Galliera 3,
40121 Bologna (Italy)
tel: +39 (0)51 261062; fax: +39 (0)51 260782;
e-mail: fabio@cirfid.unibo.it
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From: Chuck Weckesser <71233.677@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 11 Jun 94 08:22:22 EDT
Subject: Information Required by Employer
11 June 1994
Dear Mr. Medeiros,
Your privacy has NOT been comprimised since you seek employment with a
University which receives federal funds. However, that said, it is
outrageous to include _any_ information about your family in your
personnel file.
In my state, (Florida) virtually _all_ personnel records, including
those of the authorities, are open for inspection and duplication. I
say if you don't want to work for a state entity and have your bead
buttered with *MY* taxdollars, than find employment elsewhere.
On the other hand, I would have absolutely no problem with both federal
and state legislation beefing up the security of using another person's
SSN for any purpose other than law enforcement. This would effect me in
that I have demanded pursuant to law the personnel files of *EVERY*
faculty member in my department.
I have in no way misused this personal information.
Thus, while I might know what their SSN is it *should* be a crime to
use such information for unlawful purposes.
After all, if they know my SSN, it's only fair that I should know
theirs.
Regards,
Chuck Weckesser
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