[81583] in Cypherpunks
Personal info regulation [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Wed Jun 11 00:33:46 1997
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:37:51 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> COMPANIES AGREE TO ADDRESS CYBER-PRIVACY CONCERNS
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> graphic
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> June 10, 1997
> Web posted at: 7:34 p.m. EDT (2334 GMT)
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> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hoping to stave off strict government curbs,
> Lexis-Nexis and seven other companies that sell detailed personal
> information about Americans agreed Tuesday to voluntary limits to
> minimize privacy intrusions.
>
> But consumer advocates at a Federal Trade Commission hearing
> insisted that mandatory rules were needed to crack down on growing
> abuses by electronic data companies, especially because many smaller
> companies aren't part of the agreement.
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