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+<title>Protect Postal Privacy
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Protect Postal Privacy</h2>
+
+<p>
+The following information was written by Kathleen Ellis. The Free
+Software Foundation does not lead this campaign, but we support it by
+spreading the word and hope that you do too.</p>
+
+<h3>Background</h3>
+<p>
+The United States Postal Service has submitted a rule to Congress
+proposing that all Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies (CMRAs) must,
+as of June 24, 1999, collect significant personal information from
+all clients using their services. This would certainly affect
+anonymous mail transactions, and could put millions of CMRA
+customers in danger. Any CMRA or CMRA customer who refuses to
+comply with this regulation would effectively lose their right to
+recieve mail.</p>
+<p>
+The proposed regulation (published in the Federal Register on March
+25, 1999) requires that CMRAs collect names, home addresses,
+telephone numbers, and photo ID information about each customer. If
+the CMRA customer classifies themselves as a business, they must
+surrender the information on that box holder to anyone who asks for
+it. CMRAs are widely used by survivors of domestic violence,
+undercover law enforcement officials, and stalking victims in order
+to conceal their locations and identities from people who could
+cause them harm.</p>
+<p>
+The USPS proposal was intended to help cut down on mail fraud, a
+practice that costs consumers millions of dollars every year.
+However, experts state that the Postal Service's proposal will not
+serve as a deterrent to criminals. &ldquo;It will be a simple process
+for those with financial means to rent homes, apartments, office
+space, or the executive suites available in most major metropolitan
+areas&rdquo;, says Postal Watch's website.</p>
+<p>
+Congressman Ron Paul has introduced House Joint Resolution 55, which
+would effectively revoke the Postal Service's new regulations
+regarding CMRAs, but the resolution needs your support in order to
+ensure that this insidious assault on consumer privacy is defeated.</p>
+
+<h3>What you can do</h3>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>Contact your Representative and urge them to co-sponsor HJR 55.</li>
+ <li>Write or call members of the House Appropriations Committee and
+ inform them about this issue, and urge them to pass the
+ resolution.</li>
+ <li>Send written comments about this issue to the US Postal Service
+ before July 9, 1999 to:
+ <address>
+ Manager, Administration and FOIA United States Postal Service
+ <br />
+ 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 8141 Washington, DC 20260-5202
+ </address></li>
+</ol>
+
+<h3>More information</h3>
+For further information, see the following web pages:
+
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="http://www.privacy.org/">Privacy.org</a></li>
+ <li><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-joint-resolution/55">
+ H.J.Res.55 &ndash; 106th Congress</a></li>
+</ul>
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