South San Francisco, CA April 1, 2015 Submitted by Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s Office
We thought you might be interested in this story about a new, shady tactic that Congresswoman Speier’s office has discovered. Big-money groups are using consumer data to impersonate Congressional constituents and influence legislators:
“The idea that an outside group could use consumer data to impersonate constituents suggests an attempt to hijack the important feedback members of Congress need to truly represent their districts … This is identity theft, but instead of impersonating for financial gain, the originators of this theft are striking at the heart of our representative democracy,” Speier said.
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Our office is readying legislation to ban the practice.
Barron YoungSmith
Director of Communications / Legislative Assistant
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, CA-14
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