"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Paris, and the US Constitution
"Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country."
-- Judge Gerald Tjoflat, writing for the unanimous 11th federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel quashing the use of metal detectors to "screen" demonstrators in public areas on 15 October 2004 in
Bourgeouis  v. Peters, Dozier, and the City of Columbus, GA.

Statute of Liberty
Fairfax County Privacy Council
A few folks who care about privacy, liberty, dignity, and security...and realize that they are more related, than not.
"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding."
--US Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941), dissenting, Olmstead v. United States, 277 US 479 (1928)
Key Privacy Laws

Section 7 of the Federal Privacy Act
 
The Commonwealth of Virginia Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act

The Commonwealth of Virginia Personal Information Privacy Act

Section 3512 of PL 104-13 (The Federal Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 3512)

Virginia Driver's License & Federal ID and CIS Document Photocopy Prohibition

How To Minimize
Your Information Profile (*Coming Soon*)


Applying for a US Passport without an SSN

Get a Legal non-SSN Federal Tax ID Number


The SSA's Advice on Pesky Requests for SSNs

Legally Tell Bureacrats "NO" When they Demand Your SSN

Report Merchants Demanding ID to Use a Signed Credit Card

* FCPC Alerts *
Special announcements brought to you by FCPC, Virginia's privacy centurions - To receive periodic FCPC Email Alerts, contact Mike Stollenwerk atFCPCChairman@cox.net.
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2008 General Assembly Bill Tracker

28 January 2008:  Alert 2008-1

28 October 2007:  Alert 2007-7

6 March 2007:  Alert 2007-6

12 February 2007:  Alert 2007-5

4 February 2007:  Alert 2007-4

28 January 2007:  Alert 2007-3

25 January 2007:  Alert 2007-2

19 January 2007:  Alert 2007-1

27 March 2006:  Alert 2006-3

2006 General Assembly Bill Tracker


5 February 2006:  Alert 2006-2

21 January 2006:  Alert #2006-1

7 January 2005:  FCPC Briefing to FFX Cty General Assembly Delegation

4 December 2005:  Alert #2005-7

2005 VA Cadidate Survey Responses

2005 VA Candidate Survey Questions

2005 VA Candidate Survey Letter

19 September 2005:  Alert #2005-6

29 June 2005:  Alert #2005-5

27 April 2005:  Alert #2005-4

3 April 2005:  Alert #2005-3

19 February 2005:  Alert #2005-2

2005 General Assembly Bill Tracker

1 January 2005:  Alert #2005-1

1 November 2004:  Alert #2004-7


20 October 2004:  Alert #2004-6

FCPC Comments to the VA Joint Commission on Technology and Science Regarding Social Security Number Misuse

ACLU to VA: Just Say No to Scheme to  Embed Radio Frequency IDs ("RFIDs") in Virginia Driver's Licenses!

6 October 2004:  Alert #2004-5

The Surveillance Industrial Complex

7 May 2004:  Alert #2004-4

28 February 2004:  Alert #2004-3

Featured Privacy Web Sites

The Virginia Watchdog

ACLU of Virginia

www.UNsecureflight.com

The Electronic Privacy Information Center

Privacy International

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Privacy Times

The Electronic Freedom Foundation

Privacy Activism

The Medical Privacy Coalition


Privacy Journal

Privacilla

American Christian Liberty Society

Privacy.org

The National Motorists Association

The Sovereign Society

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FCPC was established in 2003 to focus attention on privacy issues affecting Virginians.  FCPC is a member of the Coalition for Constitutional Liberties and the Liberty Coalition, but we are not registered with any government agency because we do not need the government's permission to speak freely and assemble ideas.

To receive periodic FCPC Email Alerts, contact Mike Stollenwerk atFCPCChairman@cox.net.