Personal info regulation [CNN]
Jim Choate
ravage at EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Tue Jun 10 21:11:35 PDT 1997
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> COMPANIES AGREE TO ADDRESS CYBER-PRIVACY CONCERNS
>
> 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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