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- darthgoat, on 06/23/2008, -4/+27"A study released Monday by the privacy-focused Ponemon Institute"
C'mon, you thought Pokemon Institute too. I know you did. - mecharabbit, on 06/23/2008, -0/+16I find it hard to believe that the privacy officers of these companies have no idea what their marketing departments are up to.
- ulmedas, on 06/23/2008, -0/+13It's not hard to believe at all. Three cheers for plausible deniability.
- thwoom, on 06/23/2008, -9/+21It's quiet in here... can you hear the echo?
- killphollins, on 06/23/2008, -1/+10In all honesty, is this any real surprise? This may seem hopelessly idealistic, but I am hoping that new methods of business afforded to us by the advent of the internet are just going to close these ***** out. They are never going to adapt, so let's just make them obselete.
- jgzman, on 06/23/2008, -0/+8GODDAMMIT, BE QUIET! I'm trying to hear the echoes!
- LivingMachine, on 06/23/2008, -0/+7If you want privacy, than use fake credentials and simply lie (falsified data) to companies, organizations, governments, family, etc. Or create multiple identities.
By the way, the things I mentioned are probably illegal. What a system!
Treat people like criminals and they will in fact become criminals. - unusualbob, on 06/23/2008, -0/+7Thank you gmail spam filter.
- PabloMac, on 06/23/2008, -1/+7I hear the echoes in here. I wish it were quiet.
- meruru, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6Because if nothing else internet companies are known for never sharing customers' e-mail addresses or other personal information with marketers
- inactive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6I like how my university says they protect student's privacy and will not give out any personal information about their students. Of course, unless you pay for it. My university regularly sells student information lists to marketing companies even though they say to the students and their parents that they keep their kid's information private. It is just another revenue stream for the university.
- angusm, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6Privacy officer: "I'd like to find out whether our marketing department follows the company privacy policy ... but every time I ask, they tell me that that information is private."
- elamr, on 06/23/2008, -0/+4CAN-SPAM Act does not do enough to ensure consumner privacy.
- end3rthe3rd, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5I saw it too! I was like Wah?!
- HonoredMule, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3Very few places have any legal basis for requiring your /real/ contact information. Unless you are performing a financial transaction, you may call yourself whatever you wish, and provide completely fake anything. Respectable businesses know that the only way to get linkable/consistent customer information is to give something of meaningful value back to the customer as a direct result of the customer tracking (i.e. discounts for repeat business, free product repair/replacement plans, etc.).
If you aren't seeing the value in letting organizations track your business with them, then don't let them do it. Going through a Sears checkout results in "That'll be $42.31, and your name and phone number." Personal information is not part of the advertised purchase price of ANYTHING, is not required for the transaction, and they have no right to require it. Likewise, you are under no obligation to provide it, nor are you under legal contract to respond accurately. So don't. - socialrebel, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3No wonder I've been getting bombed with spam lately...
- Zarokima, on 06/23/2008, -2/+5You're doing it wrong.
- Fergy, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3It bothers me that Digg puts that there because my first thought is that there is a comment. Every time there are no comments I feel tricked by Digg.
- leerayIG88, on 06/23/2008, -1/+3It means, people can't watch you while you masturbate to pr0n.
- priandoyo, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1Yeah, its happen everywhere in the world. nothing new technically. Security Policy usually just a cosmetic, additional for company, for compliance and etc
Regards,
http://www.securityprocedure.com - weebit, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1Just goes to prove how well a CEO is really running the company. Gosh now if my data gets passed on to a third party. and then gets stolen, I wont feel so bad when I sue them.
- HonoredMule, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1My university protects student privacy by delivering 3rd party spam themselves. Pathetic, eh? But still better than having my contact information floating in the wild.
- PabloMac, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2Your doing it wrongly.
- tehroflmaoer, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1that's what she said
- Narcowski, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1I saw it again reading your comment... must be gullible.
- haydesigner, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Blocked.
- archivenational, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0What Privacy Policy? if there are Public Records !
Access to public records in the US at the federal level is guided
by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
http://ArchiveNational.Com allow to access public records
Availability is determined by federal, state, and local regulations.
Each state has its own version of FOIA.
* Colorado : Colorado Open Records Act (CORA)
* New Jersey: the law is known as the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).
There are many degrees of accessibility to public records between states,
with some making it fairly easy to request and receive documents,
and others with many exemptions and restricted categories of documents.
*New York is fairly responsive to public records requests.
Committee on Open Government to assist citizens with their requests.
Pennsylvania is other state with fairly restrictive response to public records requests.
Free Public records refers to information that has been filed or recorded by public agencies, such as corporate and property records.
Public records are created by the federal and local government,
(vital records, immigration records, real estate records, driving records, criminal records, etc.) or by the individual (magazine subscriptions, voter registration, etc.).
Most public records are maintained by the government
and can be accessible to the public free of charge in ArchiveNational.Com. - underdog138, on 06/23/2008, -3/+2Yeah, I heard it.
- ErikHarrison, on 06/23/2008, -6/+4shhh......
- underdog138, on 06/23/2008, -7/+5It's quiet in here... can you hear the echo?
- Sinick, on 06/23/2008, -4/+1"65% of marketers said they would distribute a customer's cellphone number, while 47% of privacy execs believe their companies banned the practice."
So really.... 53% of privacy execs said they would also distribute a customer's cellphone number... Nice try on manipulating the statistics to look more dramatic than they are... Ass guys.
... Though I suppose there is a difference between believing a practice is banned and being willing to do said practice. - idavidtang, on 06/23/2008, -8/+4Yeah, I heard it.
- mrelusive, on 06/23/2008, -10/+5Can you hear the echo? It's quiet in here...
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