Jay Garcia wrote: >> Regarding most users, you are right. But what if you had a static IP >> address and you had at some point ordered a Time Magazine subscription >> using that IP address? Time Magazine is part of AOLTW's network, so in >> that case, AOLTW would be able to find your name and address even if all >> they had to go on was your IP address -- wouldn't they? >> > Ahh, but that is a deliberate act that you knowingly supplied quite a > lot of personal and financial information.
Yes, but only to do a one-time purchase. I don't think any regular user who orders a Time subscription (or whatever) expects that AOL will then be able to track everything they search on. > Are you saying that AOL/TW may peruse the database of IP's connected > with that information in order to engage in an illegal clandestine > invasion of privacy act that is already protected by Federal Privacy Act > laws? I'm saying that they *could*. Not that they will, or that they are. /Jonas
