[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Help Stop the Creation of a National Database of Personal Information

[Paul Etxeberri]

>X-CWDir: aclu
>X-CWMsg: 54009127
>X-CWRecip: 71731
>Subject: Help Stop the Creation of a National Database of Personal Information
>To: "Paul Etxeberri" <eusko at earthlink.net>
>From: "ACLU Action Network" <action at dcaclu.org>
>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:46:22 -0400 (EDT)
>X-ELNK-AV: 0
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From:
>
>Matt Howes,		 National Internet Organizer,		 ACLU
>
>To:
>
>ACLU Action		 Network Members
>
>Subject:
>
>Help Stop the Creation of a National Database of Personal Information
>
>
>
>
>
>The rise in identity theft has impacted many of 
>our lives. Just today, for example, data broker 
>LexisNexis reported that personal information on 
>310,000 U.S. citizens may have been stolen.
>Now, several Members of Congress are pushing 
>legislation that would compile your most 
>personal information, such as your name, 
>address, social security number and perhaps even 
>your DNA, into a national database. This giant 
>network would then be accessible by numerous 
>government officials and shared with Mexican and 
>Canadian bureaucracies, dramatically increasing 
>the risk of your personal information being 
>stolen and abused.
><http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=17982&c=39>Take 
>Action!  Urge Congress to oppose legislation 
>that would result in a national ID and imperil 
>your personal privacy.
>This proposed legislation would create a 
>national system to store your personal contact 
>information and personal biometric information, 
>which could include your fingerprints, DNA or 
>retinal scans. It would drastically alter who 
>has access to your personal information. 
>Thousands of government employees across North 
>America would have access to these personal 
>details, and hackers, thieves, terrorists and 
>organized criminals would have a single one-shop 
>destination for identity theft.
>Based on the outcry by concerned activists like 
>you, the legislationís supporters know they 
>cannot get it to pass as an independent bill in 
>the Senate so they are trying to attach it to an 
>unrelated appropriations bill.
>A vote is expected later this week and we need 
>you to contact your Senators and urge them to 
>oppose adding this ill-conceived legislation to 
>the supplemental appropriations bill.
>Click here for more information and to contact your Senators:
>
><http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=17982&c=39>http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=17982&c=39
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Help the Defense of	 Civil Liberties:
>
>
>
>
><http://www.aclu.org/contribute/contribute.cfm?ORGID=AA02>Click 
>		here to become a Card-Carrying 
>Member		today!
>Pass this alert on		to your friends.
>Visit the ACLU's 
>	<http://www.aclu.org/action/>Action 
>Center and get		active.
>
>
>
>
><http://www.aclu.org/contribute/contribute.cfm?ORGID=AA02>Donate
>
>|
>
><https://www.aclu.org/team/member.cfm>Join the Action Alert	 Network
>
>|
>
><http://www.aclu.org/TakeAction/TakeActionList.cfm?c=242>Get	 Active
>
><http://www.aclu.org/>American Civil Liberties	 Union
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>To Unsubscribe: You may unsubscribe from our 
>mailing list at any time by visiting 
><http://capwiz.com/aclu/lmx/u/?jobid=54009127>here.
>
>
>
>(C) 2004	ACLU
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /pipermail/north-nv-greens/attachments/20050417/504be671/attachment.htm