Have any of you seen this article already about the senator who thinks genealogy is a threat to privacy? i have cut and pasted it here from another mailing list that arrived as an attachment. with so many viruses lately, i just took out the main text. i thought it needed to be passed along. Subject: [OWEN] [MAINE] Indiana rep. views genealogy as privacy threat > -------------Forwarded Message----------------- > From: INTERNET:MAINE-L@rootsweb.com, INTERNET:MAINE-L@rootsweb.com > To: , INTERNET:MAINE-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: 5/19/00 7:54 PM > > RE: [MAINE] Indiana rep. views genealogy as privacy threat > > > 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 "Texas is neither Southern nor Western. Texas is Texas." - William Blakley Anna Price, FLMI, ACS AnnaPrice@NDP.Com FiServ NDP - Client Services Off: 512-345-1922/Fax: 512-346-7698