FC: Canadians like sharing their private data -- for cash

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/06/1737248&mode=nested

   Canadians Like Sharing Data For Cash
   posted by cosmo on Friday October 06, @12:31PM
   from the canooks-for-cash dept.

   Canada's privacy commissioner recently released a study showing
   that "almost half of Canadians are perfectly comfortable with
   retailers compiling personal data...if there's a reward paid to the
   consumer." Canucks seem to sense what some Americans just haven't
   figured out yet: Sticks and stones may break our bones, but a little
   corporate marketing won't hurt us. Privacy activists, apparently
   worried that they'll be left without a cause if the so-called problem
   isn't understood properly, have been posting like mad to a CBC chat
   board on the issue.




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