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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Privacy of personal data (was Re: Personal Privacy Violations)
Message-ID: <31LPSB@taronga.hackercorp.com>
Date: 18 Jan 91 00:49:52 GMT
References: <1991Jan06.230231.21840@hoss.unl.edu> <50804@cornell.UUCP>
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In article <50804@cornell.UUCP>, wayner@cello.cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner) writes:
> I wonder if anyone out there has any data on companies that have
> be so successful in targeting a market that they make more from 
> selling the mailing list to others than actual commerce with the
> people on the list.

The "Klipette" company has such a list, obtained from the sales of
nose-hair clippers. A list of fastidious, well-to-do, easily embarassed
people who buy from mail-order firms is *extremely* valuable.
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