http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/is-your-email-address-safe-in-the-hands-of-a-government-agency-publisher-demands-mailing-list-from-city-council/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/is-your-email-address-safe-in-the-hands-of-a-government-agency-publisher-demands-mailing-list-from-city-council/#comment-296 Tyler M. Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:06:43 +0000 /?p=85#comment-296 While the statement of intent rule would be nice, it would have free speech advocates in an uproar. 'Why should you have to explain to a government agency why you want public information?' - such a rule would allow for easier censorship, which technically this could be considered a case of. Still, it's too bad the Westmar Sun had to abuse the law to bring to light this problem. While the statement of intent rule would be nice, it would have free speech advocates in an uproar. ‘Why should you have to explain to a government agency why you want public information?’ - such a rule would allow for easier censorship, which technically this could be considered a case of. Still, it’s too bad the Westmar Sun had to abuse the law to bring to light this problem.

]]> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/is-your-email-address-safe-in-the-hands-of-a-government-agency-publisher-demands-mailing-list-from-city-council/#comment-295 Justin Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:23:04 +0000 /?p=85#comment-295 There' s obviously a gap in the law: there should be a requirement for 'statement of intent' for anybody demending data of this nature. There’ s obviously a gap in the law: there should be a requirement for ’statement of intent’ for anybody demending data of this nature.

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