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From: halcyon!peterm@sumax.seattleu.edu (Peter Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Computer Break-in and Privacy
Keywords: privacy/computer/laws
Message-ID: <5ucgu3w163w@halcyon.uucp>
Date: 20 Dec 90 00:36:15 GMT
Organization: The 23:00 News
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Mike Godwin's reply to Brad Templeton makes a good point via pointing 
out the tendency to civil remedies for so-called invasions of privacy. 
But is this really always the case? E.g., seems not to be with some 
statutes dealing with, of all things, such "invasions" via telecom. In 
fact, humble memory says WA's "interception" statute, often referred to 
as a "privacy act," does prescribe some criminal sanctions, and, 
interestingly, has come up in the "CallerID" context, speaking of 
privacy.