-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Life is a Cabaret, my friends.
on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 12:56:02PM -0700, Giovanna Imbesi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Last night my friend and I stopped at a Venice club/bar. At the door > they were doing the normal ID check, but then took my driver's license > and swiped it into a little Palm-like device...and all the info popped > up on the screen. I was startled, amused and outraged all at the same > time. My friend knows the new owners of the building and told me that > the owners had rented part of the upstairs space to a guy with a youth > marketing company, also coincidentally a long-time friend of his. > What are they doing with this information? I've been wondering what > real implications a national ID card would present and here was a > clear example of potential abuse. Is this even legal? Aren't they > authorized to check date-of-birth but no more? Is it legal to retain > the data? What data is stored in the magnetic stripe on a California > driver's license - name, address, DOB, license #, and signature? > > On the way out I asked if we got our data back but only got a nervous > laugh in reply. > > G. > > > Giovanna Imbesi > TuttoMedia > http://www.tuttomedia.com > 310-399-2800 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the pho mailing list, managed by Majordomo 1.94.4. > > To send a message to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To send a request to majordomo, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put your > request in the body of the message (use request "help" for help). > To unsubscribe from the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe pho" in the body of the message. - -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE70dnAOEeIn1XyubARArMaAJ95uo4KZfqqkWj/RD8adX3PN1Z/vACfa9xA rLjWNMMw6+UefXhnRwN8x60= =tBCH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
