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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fri, 19 Apr 2002, </FONT><A
href="mailto:proclus@mac.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>proclus@mac.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> wrote in
part:<BR><BR>"Just in case you missed it, the author of the SSSCA has
introduced a privacy bill. Is anyone else worried that upcoming
privacy legislation will fix things so that only wealthy corporations can
"trade" personal information?<BR><BR>"</FONT><A
href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/19/1551240"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/19/1551240</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I noticed from the article is that when
Hollings proposes legislation that the public can be used against corporations,
his proposals only allows the public to sue the corporation. However, when
Hollings proposes legislation for the benefit of corporations he proposals
include criminal penalties with jail time. </FONT></DIV>
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