It's deja vu for Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, two Democrats in the congressional delegation who witnessed how this state's ballot initiative system finally prodded California legislators to protect the privacy rights of consumers. The senators now must spread California's message to federal colleagues — Americans are fed up with and want curbs on banks, insurers and telemarketers that swap and profit from their personal financial data.
Posted by P6 at September 5, 2003 10:49 AM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1549