Coalition Joins to Demand Hearings on NSA Surveillance
September 26, 2006A coalition of organizations representing consumer rights, privacy, peace, enviornmental, civil liberties, and civil rights joined a letter requesting that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce investigate the actions of telecommunication companies in the NSA domestic spying scandal.
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National Call-in to Congress on NSA Warrantless Surveillance
May 16, 2006On May 17, 2006, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee is leading a coalition effort to organize a "call your member of Congress campaign". The organizations participating in the effort include the ACLU, First Amendment Foundation, National Lawyers Guild, and People for the American Way.
Posted by EPIC on May 16, 2006
Coalition Launches Medical Records Privacy Protection Campaign
October 28, 2005 The Privacy Coalition has joined Patient Privacy Rights in launching launched a joint campaign to strengthen protections for patients' medical information. Congress is rushing to pass legislation to establish a national Health Information Network without patient privacy safeguards. Yet a recent poll found that 69 percent of adults do not believe strong enough data security will be installed. Sign an online petition in opposition of this legislation.Posted by EPIC on October 28, 2005
Over 100 Groups Seek End to DOD Recruiting Database
October 18, 2005 Privacy Coalition members, joined by dozens of local, state, and national organizations signed on to a letter urging Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to end the "Joint Advertising and Market Research Studies" Recruiting Database. The groups cited the broad exemptions to federal privacy laws that would allow the Defense Department to disclose personal information to others without an individual's consent or knowledge. The database would include name, date of birth, gender, address, telephone, e-mail address, Social Security Number, ethnicity, high school, education level, college, and intended field of study for more than 30 million Americans who are 16-25 years old.Posted by EPIC on October 18, 2005