IP: Re: credit-card cartel can release your info to ANYone

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> 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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