Date:  Tue, 22 Dec 92 16:55:31 EST
From:  Computer Privacy List Moderator <comp-privacy@pica.army.mil>
Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
Subject:  Policy on Submissions
Organization: Computer Privacy Digest
X-Submissions-To: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil
X-Administrivia-To: comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil
X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 1, Issue 117, Message 2 of 9



		Policy on Posting to the Computer Privacy Digest.
		Revision 1.0  
		27 Nov 1992

Introduction:

      The Computer Privacy Digest is an electronic digest dedicated to the
   discussion of how technology affects privacy.  The digest is burst into
   separate articles and fed into the USENET newsgroup comp.society.privacy.  
   The newsgroup and digest are different forms of the same forum.

      Discussions should be centered around the following topics:

      o  Technology - What devices are out there now and are on the
	 drawing boards that will enhance or take away privacy from
	 individuals and entities.

      o  Ramifications - What are the ramifications are current and new
         technology.

      o  Public Policy - What should public policy be in regulating,
         not regulating, and/or using the technology.  Privacy includes the
         right of the individual/entitity to privacy against other
         individuals, entities, businesses, and the various forms of
         government.

      o  Education - This kind of goes with ramification.  One of the
	 functions of this forum should be to educate people on how
	 current technology affect their privacy.  This can range from
	 corporate data bases to credit card usage.

1.  Submissions:

   a.  All submissions should be emailed to comp-privacy@pica.army.mil or
   posted to the comp.society.privacy newsgroup.  Only submissions that
   are relavant to the charter of the forum will be published.  Please
   keep text to under 76 characters per line.  Personal attacks, excess
   flamage, or libelous postings will not be published.

   b.  Submissions should not be sent to comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil.
   This address is for drop/add requests, administrative changes, and
   confidential requests to the moderator.  Those submissions sent to
   that address will only be published is explicit permission is granted
   to publish by the poster.

   c.  Anonymous submissions

2. Copyright Issues

   a. It is assumed that the copyright on material submitted to the CPD
   will remain with the author. In the case where the author is the
   submitter, it is assumed that the author explicitely grants (by the act
   of submitting the material) permission for the material to be published
   in the CPD, to be posted to the USENET group comp.society.privacy, and
   to any archiving of either medium.

   b. When the submitter is not the owner of the copyright, only those
   submissions which carry a notice from the submitter that the permission
   of the copyright holder has been obtained will be accepted. This does
   not apply to limited inclusions of copyrighted material that meet the
   fair use criteria.


3.  Signal to Noise Ratio:

    It is my desire to keep a high signal to noise ratio.  As a result
    a particular posting may not be published or a subject thread might
    be terminated when postings start to fail to shed new insight into
    the subject.  I welcome submissions on new topics and encourage them.
    The quality of the digest is up the readers and posters.


    Dennis G. Rears
    Moderator, The Computer Privacy Digest