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IP: Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 18:16:14 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices By PATRICK THIBODEAU (August 29, 2001) WASHINGTON -- A privacy watchdog group released a report today that's largely critical of the privacy practices offered by financial institutions. Among the best practices cited in the study by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in Washington are those used by First Union Corp. in Charlotte, N.C., which offered its Internet customers an online form for opting out of marketing deals and for limiting the sharing of personal data. http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO63403,00.html
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