IP: Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices
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> Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO63403,00.html



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