It seems to me that this is common, yours is just more honest about it..
Ironic that Earthlink's new kick is about keeping your information private..
A company shouldn't have the right to say "Ok, you're paying us to setup an
account based on information you provided, and then we're going to sell that
information to other companies.. As recent commercials are saying, this is
not how the Internet was meant to be and its really not but on the other
hand the internet was not meant to be for recreational purposes and for fun
and dare I say it games.. I guess, as sad as it is to say, you might as well
be glad that your ISP is being fairly honest.. most companies swear they
don't sell my info.. yet I seem to be getting more and more spam.. I
actually have 'spamboxes' setup for companies I don't trust.. if they behave
after a little while I switch the account address to one of my main ones..
Goodnight,
Tony Hicks
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:06 AM
Subject: OT: ISP & Privacy - does your isp do this???
> My ISP has asked everyone to agree to a new terms and conditions
statement,
> that seems to permit them to do anything they like with my private
> information. Here are the clauses that concern me:
>
> [quote]
> 14.2 Company may collect, store, transfer and/or disclose to third
parties,
> for any purpose (including where required by a credit reference provider
or
> any Law), any information or data (whether confidential or not) relating
to
> Customer's registration to the Service, use of the Service or this
> Agreement including data.
>
>
> 14.3 Upon written request by Customer, Company must notify Customer of any
> data or information collected, stored, transferred and/or disclosed by it
to
> a third party.
> [/quote]
>
> If I'm reading this right, they can disclose any details in the
registration
> data they have (name address, phone numbers, my age, occupation, credit
card
> details, bank account details, computer type) to anyone they like. I have
> no right to refuse, and they don't have to disclose to me they've done it
> unless I ask in writing.
>
> I think this is outrageous but they say it's "quite normal" amongst ISPs.
>
> Is it? Have any of you guys been asked to agree to this kind of blank
> cheque?
>
> Cheers,
> Mike Kear
> AFP Webworks
> Windsor, NSW, Australia
>
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