tom.jennings@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (tom jennings) (04/12/91)
Just because "some" people could/would live with a privacy-free world
doesn't invalidate those who wish not to. I simply have my own reasons for
wanting privacy -- you either believe they are a right, or not. Having to
"justify" them is outside the point.
I want to keep parts of my life private -- for my own reasons. It is,
after all, my business.
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BTW -- as a couple of people pointed out at the CPFC conference -- instead
of trying to argue Right & Wrong re: privacy etc to Equifax and the other
personal-data sellers, which they onbviously don't care about, go where it
counts --
-- the fact that the personal info *I* have generated, *they* are selling.
They are selling my data. Should not I be compensated for this? It has
obvious value, or they wouldn't be selling these lists. And as the woman
from the ACLU (I do not know her name) asked -- should we not be
compensated for this retroactively?
-- and another thing -- giving the data sources -- us -- "opt in" or at
least full edit capabilities on the data that they sell, could eliminate
*all* liability the sellers might have as to it's accuracy. If once per
year (whatever) you got a copy of your record(s), and were forced to sign
& return (whatever) before the data went into the list, if you
misrepresented yourself, it would not be their fault. The data use is
complex enough these days that you'd have to be a really good liar to pull
that off -- just as you do today.
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