I am forwarding this because I thought every researcher on this list would like to know about it. I sent the Congressman my thoughts on regulating internet genealogy sites. Go to the address at the end of the message and read the article. Unbelievable. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 5:24 PM Subject: [HOLMES] Fwd: [MAINE] Indiana rep. views genealogy as privacy threat > 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 > From: "Deb Gilligan" <[email protected]> > 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-- > >