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IP: Re: credit-card cartel can release your info to ANYone
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:25:56 -0400
X-Sender: @ (Unverified) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:16:48 -0400 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: Re: IP: credit-card cartel can release your info to ANYone Cc: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Credit Warning E-Mail Is Bogus Associated Press 6:18 a.m. Aug. 2, 2001 PDT NEW YORK -- There's a lot of useful information for consumers on the Internet. There's also a lot of misinformation. Take the case of an e-mail that's been cascading across the nation with a "warning" that credit bureaus starting July 1 will be releasing consumers' personal information "to anyone who requests it" unless consumers call a toll free number and opt out. It's not true. But worried consumers have kept the phones lit up at consumer advocacy groups and trade associations. The e-mail has been so widely circulated that even the Federal Trade Commission has issued a "consumer alert" to try to set the record straight. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45770,00.html
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