Personal info regulation [CNN]

[Jim Choate]

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>                COMPANIES AGREE TO ADDRESS CYBER-PRIVACY CONCERNS
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>       graphic
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>      June 10, 1997
>      Web posted at: 7:34 p.m. EDT (2334 GMT)
>      
>      WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hoping to stave off strict government curbs,
>      Lexis-Nexis and seven other companies that sell detailed personal
>      information about Americans agreed Tuesday to voluntary limits to
>      minimize privacy intrusions.
>      
>      But consumer advocates at a Federal Trade Commission hearing
>      insisted that mandatory rules were needed to crack down on growing
>      abuses by electronic data companies, especially because many smaller
>      companies aren't part of the agreement.

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