On 3/6/01 1:50 PM, "Dennis Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not using Hotmail for your email won't do anything relating to those articles
> you quoted.
I agree that it is shame that this has happened, but if you already had an
account this is a "shutting the door after the horse has left the barn"
scenario.
> 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
>>
Cb cbrady @ tulane.edu
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