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FC: Canadians like sharing their private data -- for cash
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 13:49:14 -0400
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/06/1737248&mode=nested Canadians Like Sharing Data For Cash posted by cosmo on Friday October 06, @12:31PM from the canooks-for-cash dept. Canada's privacy commissioner recently released a study showing that "almost half of Canadians are perfectly comfortable with retailers compiling personal data...if there's a reward paid to the consumer." Canucks seem to sense what some Americans just haven't figured out yet: Sticks and stones may break our bones, but a little corporate marketing won't hurt us. Privacy activists, apparently worried that they'll be left without a cause if the so-called problem isn't understood properly, have been posting like mad to a CBC chat board on the issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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