t byfield on Sat, 14 Sep 96 19:51 METDST |
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nettime: Re: LEXIS-NEXIS... |
At 11:56 AM -0500 on 9/14/96, MediaFilter wrote: <...> > >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. <...> Actually, PTRAX carries almost none of this information, and LN releases less than they carry; of course, it's only one of _many_ such databases which, collectively, form a nightmare--and by nightmare I don't mean credit card fraud or impersonation. But, really, if people are going to get their knickers in a twist over something like this, why not TRW or EquiFax? (Also, this is of little interest to most nettimers--it's a US thing.) Ted -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de