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Suit alleges Internet privacy breach
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:19:16 -0500 (EST)
(Following link provided by blitz at strikenet.kicks-ass.net via AP newswire) http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060324/1058953.asp?PFVer=Story New York's attorney general sued an Internet company Thursday over the selling of e-mail addresses in what authorities say may be the biggest deliberate breach of Internet privacy ever. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused Gratis Internet of selling personal information obtained from millions of consumers despite a promise of confidentiality. The consumers thought they were registering to see a Web site offering free iPod music players or DVD movies and video games, Spitzer spokesman Brad Maione said. On sign-up pages, Gratis promised it "does not . . . sell/rent e-mails." Instead of confidentiality, Spitzer said, Gratis sold access to its e-mail information to three independent e-mail marketers, and hundreds of millions of e-mail solicitations followed. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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