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Comments submitted by:
Michael Shames, Esq.
Barry Fraser, Esq.
of UCAN

I. Introduction

Did you put your telephone number on the national Do-Not-Call Registry (DNC), but still get sales calls from companies you’ve never heard of? Quite likely many unwanted sales calls you get today are not made by a live person.

Update, September 29, 2004. California Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1436 into law today, ignoring the advice of technology experts and consumer advocates to veto it.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) advocates that the wireless 411 directory that is slated to be launched in early 2005 provide a strict opt-in mechanism that requires express consent before cell phone numbers are listed in the directory.

A new federal law, known as the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or FACTA, adopted by Congress in 2003 gives consumers nationwide the right to receive a free copy of their credit report. The law is being phased in through the U.S. and Midwest states are next on the rollout list.

Update Nov. 5: Unfortunately, Prop. 69 passed in the Nov. 2 Elections by a 62% to 38% margin.

San Diego, CA, April 6, 2004 (Updated April 19) -- The World Privacy Forum and 30 other privacy and civil liberties organizations have written a letter [inserted below] calling upon Google to suspend its Gmail service until the

Submitted electronically by the PRC to: Notice.Comments@irscounsel.treas.gov