r_anderson@banzai.enet.dec.com (Rick Anderson) (03/05/91)
After requesting that my name be removed from the (now extinct) LOTUS "MarketPlace: Households(tm)" database, I received the following letter from Lotus (reprinted here in its entirety without permission, for your information): >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start of letter <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< "Thank you for contacting us about the Lotus Marketplace: Households(tm) database. While we believe that the actual data content and controls built into "Households" adequately protected consumer privacy, we have responded to the high level of concern about this by canceling the product. "You should be aware that Lotus "MarketPlace: Households" was to be only one of thousands of databases that are now readily available to marketers. If you are concerned about being on *any* mailing lists, you should write the "Direct Marketing Association" to have your name removed from all lists participating in this industry-wide service: Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service P.O. Box 3861 New York, NY 10163-3861 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end of letter <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I strongly urge people concerned about consumer protection and privacy of information to contact the above association. FYI. Rick ********************************************************** * Rick Anderson * Digital Equipment Corporation * * 603-884-4284 * Database Systems Division * * Mailstop: NUO 1-1/F12 * 55 Northeastern Boulevard * * "My timing is Digital" * Nashua, NH 03062 * ********************************************************** * UUNET: ...{decwrl|decvax}!nova.enet.dec.com!r_anderson * * Internet: r_anderson%nova.enet.dec@decwrl.dec.com * **********************************************************