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Lawmakers' web forms require full contact details from constituents

Original: When I write my congressmen, they require that you use their web form, and give them all your contact information includ

A complaint is circulating that members of the US Congress only accept constituent messages through their official web forms, which require name, address, email and phone number. Lawmakers say this verifies residency in their district, but the forms also ask whether visitors want to sign up for newsletters, raising privacy concerns.

Why now: People are debating whether congressional contact forms are a constituent-verification tool or a way to harvest personal data and expand mailing lists.

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• When I write my congressmen, they require that you use their web form, and give them all your contact information including name, address, email, and phone. They claim they need this to ensure that you are a constituent. They ask if you want to sign up to receive their… · dtm@mastodon.cc · 4

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