> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 07:05:41 +0000 > From: Varna Ramaswamy <[email protected] > FYI (sent to me by one of our attorneys): > > Your name, social security number, current address, previous > addresses, mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal > information are now available to anyone with a credit card > through a new Lexis database called P-Trax. As I am sure you are > aware, this information could be used to commit credit card fraud > or otherwise allow someone else to use your identity. > > You can have your name and information removed from this list by > making a telephone request. Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 > and then option 3 ("all other questions") and tell the > representative answering that you wish to remove your name from > the P-trax database. You may also send a fax to (513) 865-7360, > or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / P.O. Box 933 / Dayton, Ohio > 45401-0933. Sending physical mail to confirm your name has been > removed is always a good idea. > > As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net, > Lexis-Nexis has been inundated with calls, and has set up a > special set of operators to handle the volume. In addition, > Andrew Bleh (rhymes with "Play") is a manager responsible for > this product, and is the person to whom complaints about the > service could be directed. He can be reached at the above 800 > number. Ask for extension 3385. According to Lexis, the manager > responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364. > > I called this morning and had my name removed. The > representative will need your name and social security number to > remove you from the list. I suggest that we inundate these > people with requests to remove our info from the list and > forward this e-mail to everyone we know. > > Varna M. Ramaswamy > Vermont Tourism Data Center > 361 Aiken Center > University of Vermont > Burlington, VT 05405 > > (802) 656-0623 (W) > (802) 388-9744 (H) > -------------------------------------- > Follow up: > > From: Erica Rose-1 > Date: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 10:27AM > Subject: P-trax database > > I just called LEXIS and there is now a recorded message with > instructions for how to remove your name from P-trax (so I > guess a lot of people have been calling!). All requests must > now be made in writing. You must include your name and > complete address and either fax to (513) 865-1930 or send to: > > LEXIS-NEXIS > Attn: P-trax > PO Box 933 > Dayton, OH 45401-0933 *************************************************************************** _ _ __ __ __ _ | //\ || | || \ // \ || \ //\ | Michael Roy //_ \ || | ||__/ || | ||__/ //_ \ | Project Engineer // \ ||__| || \ \\__/ || \ // \ | p: (617) 290-4800 x125 -------------------------------------- | f: (617) 290-4844 T E C H N O L O G I E S | e: [email protected] | w: http://www.auratek.com Enterprise Workstation Connectivity | ***************************************************************************
