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Re: Federal Reserve Board - "Know Your Customer" Rule
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:41:38 GMT
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jsproat@=Spamless=geocities.com
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Ed Jones wrote:
> > The proposal has been withdrawn due to "...an unprecedented number of comments
> > on the proposal from the public, banking organizations, industry trade
> > associations, and members of Congress...[reflecting] public concern over the
> > privacy of information that would be collected and held by financial
> > institutions..."
> See my sig. 170K of the comments (out of 250K or so, 99+% against) were
> originated at the site I reference.
I am surprised, but pleasantly so. I had assumed that an e-mail petition
would not be taken seriously due to several technical issues. Wow. :-,
> But the battle is not over, there are plans afoot to do it anyway,
> rebadged and repackaged. Support Ron Paul's (R-TX) bill preventing such
> invasiveness. Note, Ron Paul is a former Libertarian presidential
> candidate.
Do you have a URL pointing to more info on Ron Paul's bill?
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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