IP: Watchdog group rips financial firms on privacy practices

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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>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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