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Re: Is Primenet secure ? ...

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From: Charlie McCann
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:00
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James J. Lippard wrote:

> It is standard practice for marketing research and survey firms--as well
> as accounting firms--to destroy or return all confidential data such as
> customer lists when finished using it for the purpose they were hired.

Very slick Jim ! Does it have many miles on it ? Has it ever been in a
wreck? It's standard practice for telemarketing agencys to reproduce and
than sell to other telemarketing firms purloined information. That's a
fact of life and you should know that. They are *continually* recycling
information, much of it obtained in unscrupulous ways to expand their
data bases. What is a seemingly legitimate inquiry from a "third party
under contract" today turns into a flood of junk mail some weeks or
months from now. 
 
> >I know that unscrupulous businesses seldom want to be identified. But
> >most upstanding reputable businesses are eager to share their name. Your
> >refusal to reveal the name of the telemarketing firm with which you
> >shared my confidential information does nothing to engender confidence.

> Sorry.

I accept. (sort of)

> I would simply like
> to see you stop describing the situation in an intentionally misleading
> way, 

I'm not intending to mislead anyone. Primenet shares
personal/confidential customer information with telemarketing agencys.
It's a fact, and anyone considering giving Primenet their address, phone
number etc. should be made aware of this.


Charlie McCann   
-- 
The fact is that Primenet turns over confidential/personal customer
information from their data base to Telemarketing Firms to be used for
purposes never intended by their customers.
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From: Charlie McCann <chasmc@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: Is Primenet secure ? ...
Date: 1997/04/28
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