N.Y. Sues Internet Firm for Privacy Breach

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Peter Jensen <peter () peterjensen com>
Date: March 23, 2006 2:37:57 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: N.Y. Sues Internet Firm for Privacy Breach

From the Washington Post:

N.Y. Sues Internet Firm for Privacy Breach

By MICHAEL GORMLEY
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 23, 2006; 1:24 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's attorney general sued an Internet company
Thursday over the selling of e-mail addresses in what authorities say  
may
be the biggest deliberate breach of Internet privacy ever.

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accused Gratis Internet of selling
personal information obtained from millions of consumers despite a
promise of confidentiality.
        
An entire industry has mushroomed during the past decade because of the
ability of companies to gather and make sense of public records,  
criminal
histories and other electronic details. What are they doing with it?

The consumers thought they were simply registering to see a Web site
offering free iPod music players or DVD movies and video games, Spitzer
spokesman Brad Maione said. On sign-up pages, Gratis promised it "does
not ... sell/rent e-mails.

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<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/
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