Why are California politicos justified in restricting Gmail? [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: RE: [Politech] Mercury News editorial on California anti-Gmail 
bi ll, revised [priv]
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:38:29 -0700
From: Satchell, Bill <BSatchell () OMM com>
To: 'Declan McCullagh' <declan () well com>

Declan:

It offends me that California -- ostensibly to protect someone's privacy --
would limit the products that may be offered by Google or any other vendor.
It might be appropriate for California to mandate complete disclosure of
product features, but the intrusion on privacy that I resent is California's
interference with my right to contract with Google or any other vendor on
the terms that have been completely disclosed.  Sadly, I perceive very
little difference in the attitude towards civil liberties afforded by this
legislation and that evidenced by the abysmal record of the Bush
Administration.

Bill Satchell
Washington, D.C. 20006-4001
bsatchell () omm com


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