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Politech is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994 by Declan McCullagh, the mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of culture, technology, politics, and law. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.
I would say with confidence that I believe the folks at FTC have no ulterior motives in creating this registry. But administrations can change and policies can shift, and in any case the FTC may have little power to resist requests from law enforcement agencies for the complete database. See: http://donotcall.gov/privacy/privacy.aspx >Phone numbers in the registry may also be shared with law enforcement to >assure compliance with federal and state law. [And regarding requests] >from Congress, Freedom of Information Act requests from private >individuals or companies, during litigation, for routine agency uses >subject to the Privacy Act, or under our access and public record rules, >we may be required or authorized by law to disclose the information you >provide. And, more generally, see: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/rulemaking/tsr/tsrrulemaking/index.htm -Declan --- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:22:48 -0400 (EDT) From: other@platt.us To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> cc: politech@politechbot.com Subject: the donotcall database According to AP (regurgitated in Yahoo): "WASHINGTON - The public's simmering frustration with telemarketers erupted Friday as people hurried to sign up for a new national do-not-call list, registering about 370,000 telephone numbers in the program's first 12 hours." I wonder if any politech recipients have added their phone numbers to this interesting new database. If they did, I wonder if they felt the momentary misgiving that I experienced myself when the government-run system refused to list my phone numbers as do-not-call until I provided a valid email address for confirmation. I'm not sure exactly what someone could do with a huge database that links phone numbers with email addresses. But it triggered a reflexive concern, especially since I didn't see any notes about how the database is secured. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------