Re: What is a "database"?(and human beings as the tailings ofdatamining)

Pay by check.
Register for Conferences/Expo.
Get a loan. (car, home electronics, etc)
Buy (just about anything) over the net.
Rent video tapes (blockbuster, etc.)
Register software.
Mail in hardware warranties.
Magazine Subscriptions.

Just a few of the places your personal information gets into the hands
of the advertising folks.
-Bob Buchanan


Joel Fritz wrote:
> 
> You're pretty anonymous. <g>  I don't think the IRS makes too much public,
> but it's easy to research property owners' names and addresses.
> 
> If you have credit cards you are probably being rented.  Some states rent
> DMV information.
> 
> It's like anything else that results in money.  Smart energetic people have
> put a lot of effort into getting names and addresses and some of them aren't
> real scrupulous.  Remember the publicity Metromail (I think) got in the last
> year or so when someone noticed that they were renting lists of children?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 8:34 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: What is a "database"?(and human beings as the tailings
> > ofdatamining)
> >
> >
> > Unlisted phone number.
> > I don't pay property tax.
> > Does the IRS give out that information?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Langston
> >
> > Joel Fritz wrote:
> >
> > > A big source of junk mail you can't control is public
> > records like property
> > > tax rolls and phone directories.
> >
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