Jim Henderson wrote:
> Yeah - actually, been wondering what you think of the Governator's 
> reversal of the data protection laws in CA...?

I fear I've been an Actioneer for the last couple of months. I haven't 
really been keeping up with the news that doesn't directly affect me.

However, glancing thru a couple of news articles, and considering I've 
worked in the payment processing arena for 15 years, I have to say I 
agree with him.  From the little I see, it's the payment processing 
stuff he doesn't want to change. That's very different from the other 
information.

I don't really care if someone steals my credit card info. It's not my 
card. It's the bank's card.  What I don't want is people selling all my 
personal information without my consent.  I can already stop people from 
getting my payment history that don't need to know it. The payment 
processing laws in the US are stronger (i.e., more consumer friendly) 
than most of Europe, as I understand it. It's just the stuff that people 
collect independent of actually payment information that's loose.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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