Not using Hotmail for your email won't do anything relating to those
articles you quoted.
If you're an existing member and you're concerned about your privacy, one
action you can take is Hotmail.com->Options->Personal and turn off Please
List Me in the Hotmail directory.
On 3/6/01 11:02 AM, "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also use a hotmail account for some correspondence -- particularly
online
> accounts -- and I thought that, given the recent discussion of Hotmail
> features, others might want to know about yesterday's CNN story.
>
> Yesterday afternoon on CNN (tv, not .com) an investigative story announced
> that Microsoft had been questioned about its recent opening of Hotmail
> address books to a third-party advertiser.
>
> This was reported as a new "partnership" that Microsoft had entered, and
> that opened user profile information to the marketing firm.
>
> It also reported that Hotmail address books and accounts were "cross
> referenced and matched" to mailing and telephone data.
>
> Microsoft reportedly earned millions off the deal, and has provided an
"opt
> out" method for "new subscribers, on the account sign-up page" since the
> news broke.
>
> They did NOT mention anything about "old subscribers" to the service, and
> how we might (too late) opt-out.
>
> I am sure you could find more on CNN or Headline News, and there may be
web
> stories at those sites.
>
> I, for one, plan to stop using Hotmail immediately for any mail.
>
> Shame on Microsoft.
>
> -- Gary
>
>
>
> Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 3/6/01 12:05 PM:
>
>> I noticed that a version of Windows Outlook Express could sync my local
>> address book with my Hotmail Address book... I can't find that option in
>> Entourage. Is it there? Will it be?
>>
>> -Cameron
>
>
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