ACLU report on the "surveillance-industrial complex" released [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:04:02 -0400
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> From: Barry Steinhardt <Bsteinhardt () aclu org>
> 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

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