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Corporate Spam

Posted by michael on from the spam-in-a-nice-blue-blazer dept.

Thu Anon Coward wrote: "Yahoo has a story about the SEC investigating the spamming of financial institution customers by corporations." Interesting. The law in question allows financial institutions to share (sell) a bunch of personal data about their customers to other companies such as insurance firms and stock brokers. Pro-privacy groups opposed it at the time. If the companies are actually using that information to send spam email...

4 comments

  1. Send to Microsoft by milgram · · Score: 1

    They deserve it.

  2. Re:How nice... by Darth+Turbogeek · · Score: 1

    When it comes to corporations, your privacy went out the window a long time ago. The fact is, our personal information is but a commodity to buy and sell to them and buy and sell they will if they can get away with it.

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    "Old Rallydrivers never die - they just fail to book in on time"
  3. But... by skwang · · Score: 1

    From the article: Another concern is how penny stock boiler room operations and Ponzi schemes have benefited from using spam emails.

    ...now where will be able to hear about the latest oppurtunities to get rich; and quick too!

  4. How nice... by autocracy · · Score: 2

    Now the law says they can give out my permission without my say so. Privacy is a lost cause...

    I can't be karma whoring - I've already hit 50!

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    SIG: HUP