--part1_a5.6204c52.26585c98_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_a5.6204c52.26585c98_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v73.13) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 May 2000 22:56:48 -0400 Received: from lists3.rootsweb.com (lists3.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.39]) by rly-yc05.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 May 2000 22:56:20 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists3.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e4K2qxm23005; Fri, 19 May 2000 19:52:59 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 19:52:59 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri May 19 19:52:57 2000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Deb Gilligan" <[email protected]> Old-To: "MAWORCES" <[email protected]>, "MAMIDDLESEX" <[email protected]>, "MABRISTOL" <[email protected]>, "MAINE" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 22:53:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Subject: [MAINE] Indiana rep. views genealogy as privacy threat Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/970 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] I've seen it all now! I have to wonder how far Rep. Pease will get trying to muzzle information related to America's #1 hobby. His e-mail address is available at the url listed below. Regards, Deb New Privacy Threat: Genealogy? by Declan McCullagh 3:00 p.m. May. 18, 2000 PDT Just when you thought there was nothing new to say about the oft-cited privacy threats that Americans face, along comes Congress with another worry: genealogy. During a privacy hearing Thursday before a House Judiciary subcommittee, Rep. Ed Pease (R-Ind.) said the growing number of websites that allow people to trace their families' history was a threat that called for legislative action. "There are some commercial ventures now providing information on this subject ... oftentimes genealogical information involves a mother's maiden name, and that is often used by many as a password," Pease said. .................. To view this article in its entirety, go to the following url: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36442,00.html ==== MAINE Mailing List ==== Remember to always respect the copyright laws. Never quote verbatim from a publication, and always give credit to the author of the work. ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ --part1_a5.6204c52.26585c98_boundary--