ACLU Caught Violating Privacy Rights
by Rich Deem
Promoter of Civil Rights and Privacy Caught Violating Personal Privacy by
GodAndScience.org
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the bastion of civil liberties and
privacy has been caught violating the privacy of their own e-mail list by this
ministry. The ACLU has sold or given their e-mail list to the National Abortion and
Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL).
How the ACLU was caught
On January 31, 2001, I received an unsolicited e-mail from
yesnaral@naralaction.org. What was unusual was that this e-mail was received at
my old Cedars-Sinai e-mail address (). This e-mail address is
rarely used anymore, since the current e-mail all comes to cshs.org
(Cedars-Sinai Health System). However, at one point in the past, I had signed up
to receive e-mail updates from the ACLU (to keep track of what the opposition is
up to). I used the unusual form of "" to keep track of
the ACLU (click to see e-mail header from the ACLU) to determine if they
released my e-mail address to somebody else. Sure enough, the e-mail from NARAL was
addressed to "". The ACLU has violated my privacy by
selling or giving my e-mail address to another organization without my
permission.
Who says Christians are the only hypocrites?
Footnote: I confronted the ACLU about this matter on January 31, 2001 and
they have failed to respond to my complaints. They are welcome to respond to
this page.
The evidence:
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From: yesnaral@naralaction.org
Subject: Opt in for Choice (Please REPLY)
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A woman's right to choose is under attack in unprecedented
fashion
in
the United States. During his first week in office, George W.
Bush
took a firm stand against reproductive freedom by nominating
anti-choice John Ashcroft to be the nation's Attorney General and
reinstating
the Global "Gag" rule prohibiting US aid to family
planning
clinics
abroad that use their own funds to advocate for or
counsel on abortion. President Bush is eager to sign the
anti-choice legislation that
President Clinton has blocked for the
past 8 years, and the anti-choice leadership of the House and the
Senate stand ready to pass that legislation once again. Only the
people's voice can stop our choice from being taken away, by
telling our individual elected representatives to vote to protect
a woman's right to choose.
Are you willing to speak up?
Just **REPLY** to this email message and NARAL's Choice Action
Network (CAN) will send you email alerts to let you know when a
message to
your elected officials will do the most good. And we'll
make it easy
for you to send a pre-written fax or email to your
representatives.
You can also register for CAN and take action at
our web site, http://www.naral.org/subscribe/index.html. Just
enter your email address, and click "submit," and we will continue
to provide you with
up-to-date information and quick, easy ways to
protect the right to choose.
Over the past two years, CAN members have helped stop anti-choice
legislation, promoted pro-choice reforms, and turned out crowds for
educational events and rallies. CAN members receive alerts with
simple
ways to take action about twice a month -- when their
actions will have the greatest impact.
If your name was added to this list in error, we sincerely
apologize.
Due to the importance of the recent elections, NARAL
contracted with a vendor to create an opt in email list so that we
could contact supporters quickly and efficiently. We now have
reason to doubt whether the vendor followed best practices for
ensuring that our supporters' privacy concerns were taken into
consideration. If you do not want to be on our email list, please
accept our apologies. You need do
nothing - we will not email you
again.
Please email Involved@naralaction.org with any comments,
questions,
or suggestions you might have. Go to
http://www.naral.org/about/privacy_can.html to view our email
privacy policy.
Thank you,
Choice Action Network
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
www.naral.org
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