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-- >PRIVACY NEWS UPDATE >-------------------------------- >THANK YOU AGAIN! >for signing our petition to stop the FDIC's >proposed "Know Your Customer" rule. >-------------------------------- >You are receiving this update because you registered at the >DefendYourPrivacy.com web site. We strive to respect your time, >and are planning no more than one brief update per week. However, >if you do not want to receive further updates, please use the >unsubscribe directions below. >-------------------------------- > >IN THIS UPDATE: > >1) The campaign against KYC is going like gangbusters! >2) Bill introduced to repeal KYC; Judiciary & Banking Committees > hold hearings. >3) "Know Your Customer" is hot on talk radio. >4) ONLY 3 DAYS REMAINING TO SIGN THE PETITION! > >-------------------------------- > >Here's what's going on with the FDIC's proposed >"Know Your Customer" regulation: > >1) The campaign against KYC is going like gangbusters! > >The FDIC has "counted" over 140,000 comments opposed to the "Know Your >Customer" rule, with only twenty (that's right -- 20!) in favor. They >have stacks and stacks of uncounted mail lying around the office, and >their in-baskets are full! > >OVER 140,000 Americans have now joined you in signing our online >petition to the FDIC opposing the Know Your Customer regulation. >It appears that http://www.DefendYourPrivacy.com has been responsible for >generating the majority of the comments against KYC! > >2) Bill introduced to repeal KYC; Judiciary & Banking Committees hold > hearings. > >U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced the "Know Your Customer Sunset >Act," which would prevent agencies like the FDIC from imposing KYC >regulations. Support for Paul's bill -- HR 516 -- is growing rapidly, >and already has 40 co-sponsors, including influential members like >Majority Whip Tom Delay and Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde. >We will keep you posted on its progress. > >Rep Paul testified against Know Your Customer before a subcommittee of >the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, March 4th. Rep. Paul was >also scheduled to introduce an amendment to a bill under consideration >in a subcommittee of the Banking Committee that would repeal Know Your >Customer. Details will be provided in our next update. > >3) "Know Your Customer" is a hot topic on talk radio! > >Pressure to kill the bank spying law is building to a fever pitch on talk >radio. We have had representatives on the air repeatedly in major media >markets like New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco, Tampa, >Washington, Miami, and Pittsburgh. > >In all, more than 2000 stations have broadcast interviews with us about >Know Your Customer in the past few weeks. As a result, tens of thousands >of outraged talk radio listeners have rushed to >http://www.DefendYourPrivacy.com and signed the online petition. > >Through talk radio we are also reaching millions of Americans *without* >Internet access and persuading them to join our campaign. Thousands of >them have responded by faxing and writing to the FDIC to demand an end to >Big Brother banking. We will continue to saturate the airwaves with the >truth about Know Your Customer until the comment period ends. > >4) ONLY 3 DAYS REMAINING TO SIGN THE PETITION! > >Only three days are left to sign the petition (the deadline is >March 8), so if you have friends who haven't yet signed the petition, >please refer them to the site ASAP at http://www.DefendYourPrivacy.com > >Thank you again for your support. > >-------------------------------- > >DefendYourPrivacy.com is provided as a public service by the >Libertarian Party. Updated counts are posted several times each >day on our home page, http://www.lp.org > >To request information about the Libertarian Party, please visit > http://www.lp.org/lp-membership-iform.html? >To support this project financially, please visit > http://www.lp.org/lp-kyc-contrib.html >To join the Libertarian Party please visit > http://www.lp.org/lp-membership.html > >-------------------------------- > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE, >mailto:[log in to unmask] >with the following command in the body of your email message >on the top line: > > unsubscribe privacy-news > >Leave the rest of the message blank. > >If you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the >list itself, mailto:[log in to unmask] > >-------------------------------- > > >