FC: AccuCard Service: More privacy invasion (and viral marketing?)

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Cc: Hal Murray <hmurray () suespammers org>
Subject: AccuCard Service: More privacy invasion (and viral marketing?)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:33:10 -0700
From: Hal Murray <hmurray () suespammers org>


Are you aware of Cardscan.net and their AccuCard Service?  Info at
www.cardscan.net.

I recently received email from a friend, or rather from cardscan.net on
behalf of my friend asking me to update my info.  It seems as though there is
one more company in the business of collecting info on everybody.

Cardscan makes software and hardware for keeping track of business cards.
Seems like a good idea.  But they let you keep your info about me on their
web site.  Great.  Just what I wanted.  Another company I didn't even know
about keeping track of me.

    When you update your contact information, your updates will
    be communicated back to me, as well as any other users of the
    service that already know you (they already have your email
    address and a portion of your contact information). This saves
    you time and effort, and ensures that all your contacts have your
    latest information.

    This service is secure and private.

Right.  I wonder when some emarketer will figure out how to take advantage of
it.  Or headhunters if the economy gets going again.

I wonder when this will get tied into C/R systems. :)


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