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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: What is private information?
Message-ID: <1990Dec28.173109.15803@looking.on.ca>
Date: 28 Dec 90 17:31:09 GMT
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I am not saying that American Express does indeed collect the information
in this way.  But it certainly has the information in its files.  It, and
even moreso the Visa company, probably know much more about the state of
the economy, and sooner, than any government department -- if they want to.

I am sure that all three Credit Card companies have excellent figures on
their market share at various types of stores.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473