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From: dalamb@qucis.queensu.CA (David Lamb)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Lotus Marketplace
Keywords: CD-Rom consumer database,privacy
Message-ID: <1001@qusunitg.queensu.CA>
Date: 20 Nov 90 13:58:57 GMT
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In article <1990Nov18.224340.3041@agate.berkeley.edu> larry@belch.Berkeley.EDU (Larry Foard) writes:
>It would make much more sense if companys providing this type of information
>where held liable for any damages resulting from failing to correct misleading
>information.
This position seems reasonable, but I worry about "the burden of proof"
falling on individual consumers to prove damages.  It's fairly clear
that different people have widely different views on privacy;  some of
us don't want to have to justify some form of "damage" to prevent some
company from having us on their list.

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