PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss) (03/28/91)
Thought that you'd be interested.
Peter pmw1@psuvm or @psuvm.psu.edu
From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy
Subject: New newsgroup alt.privacy
Date: 28 Mar 91 01:09:04 GMT
Organization: Cygnus Support, Palo Alto
A new organization is being created today at the Conference on
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. The US Privacy Council will attempt
to build a consensus on privacy needs, means, and ends, and will push
to educate the industry, legislatures, and citizens about privacy
issues.
I am creating this newsgroup to provide a means for Usenet and
Internet users to communicate on this topic. There will probably be
gateways to other conferencing systems. Further information will be
posted after the organizing meeting of the Privacy Coucil this
evening.
The newsgroup is not limited to US Privacy Council discussions, but
can serve as a forum for all (US and international) privacy-related
discussions. There are lots of issues and questions in the privacy
movement, especially regarding the balancing of rights among the right
to free speech and publication, and the right to control the
dissemination of information about oneself. I hope that this
newsgroup can act as a forum for better understanding of these issues
among all parties.
John Gilmore {sun,uunet,pyramid}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@toad.com gnu@cygnus.com
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