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   Steve R. (profile), Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 6:51am

   
   

   Double Standard

   When it comes to business "data" and citizen "data" we have seem to have two standards. Business believe that they can expropriate private data at will. We already have had example where the medical profession has taken samples from patients (without their permission in some cases) and developed tests, patented those tests, and made money; and given the patient zippo.
   
   Now if you, as a citizen, take business "data" such as a song you are deemed to be guilty of theft! Not only that, but as Mike has pointed out in other articles, the MPAA and the RIAA want to ignore due process. If they say you are guilty, you are guilty irrespective of the existence of any evidence.
   
   Business' should NOT have a right to expropriate, at will, what is not theirs.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 7:15am

   
   

   Re: Double Standard

   I think business' know its not theirs. They just realise its easy money and not tottaly illegal.
   
   Ethics have little place in business, unless your a genius at it.

    

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   Joseph Wills, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 7:26am

   
   

   With apologies to Glenn Frey:
   
   "It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal."
   
   Remember the movie "Night of the Living Dead?" All marketers.

    

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   CN, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 9:22am

   
   

   Many lie...

   Ever created a brand new email address (or forwarder), given it to just one place, that said they don't share the info, only to find several spams to that address within a day or so?
   
   Even if they say they don't share it, some still do.

    

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   Haywood, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 10:39am

   
   

   Re: Many lie...

   These days I use a disposable Email address (like XXX@bugmenot.com) when I sign up for anything. What they have done by passing my info around and loading me with spam, is to encourage me to get more devious. I still get a little spam form before I got smart, but it is dwindling.

    

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   Overcast, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 11:17am

   
   

   Just all the much more reason to provide as little information as possible.

    

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   OrigRep, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 11:25am

   
   

   that's the job they do

   A marketers job is to tell you how to think, what to want, and what ideals to have. They respect you like a puppeteer respects a puppet

    

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   passingthough, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 12:33pm

   
   

   I've had the same email address for years. Only spam I seem to get is from my provider.
   
   If you won't protect your data, no one will do it for you. Many will see it as a golden opportunity to drop a bit of extra change into their pockets at the expense of your time.
   
   I no longer trust privacy policies and haven't for years, finding out what this article has just exposed long ago. The more insistent some place is about a correct email address is, the more suspicious I am of them. There are some that will go as far as to compare zip codes to states. No problem, I will search for a random city and pull up a zip just to satisfy them.
   
   They will never under any circumstances get my real email. Privacy is up to you to enforce if you want it.

    

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   Brazel, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 2:55pm

   
   

   No matter what the marketers and PR people may say, and no matter how many people don't read the privacy policy, if the company writes a statement in a privacy policy and then ignores it, they can run afoul of the FTC. While the company may not be enforcing a privacy policy, there are notable cases where the FTC has enforced its authority to police privacy policies, and they have not turned out well for the companies involved.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 6:28pm

    
    

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    While the company may not be enforcing a privacy policy, there are notable cases where the FTC has enforced its authority to police privacy policies, and they have not turned out well for the companies involved.

    But you fail to mention that there are many, many, many more where the FTC has done nothing and they have turned out very well for the companies involved.

     

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    Pete, Jul 3rd, 2008 @ 3:46pm

    
    

    1984 updated for 2008

    War is Peace
    Freedom is Slavery
    Ignorance is Strength
    and...
    Marketing is Privacy

     

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    All Seeing Eye, Jul 4th, 2008 @ 2:33am

    
    

    We are owned by the corporations. Our laws are those that they pay to have in place. Our politicians and representatives are their puppets. The only way to do anything about it is to change the way we allow them to do business. It would require a massive economic and social revolution, and I don't think we have it in us as a nation.
    
    This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper.

     

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