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From: jonm@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan MARK)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: credit bureau mailing lists
Message-ID: <70233@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 91 07:06:41 GMT
Reply-To: jonm@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan MARK)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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I found an address which might be useful.  A request to this address
will allegedly prevent credit bureaus from selling your credit-rating
info to random marketers as part of mailing lists.  This may be the
TRW equivalent of Equifax's offer (during the now-ended Lotus
Marketplace uproar) to remove people "from all their databases" if we
write and request it.

	TRW Target Marketing Services Division
	901 N. International Parkway
	Suite 191
	Richardson, TX 75081

	[Please include your full name and current address, and mark
	your correspondence: Attention "Mail Preference Service".]

I got this from a card which the local TRW office mailed me in
response to my telephone request.  I'm reproducing here the text of
the card, mostly for entertainment value ...

	T R W

As a benefit to you, TRW may provide your name and address to marketers
so that you can receive a variety of credit card offers, catalogs and
other mailings that may interest you.  These mailings have a wide range
of appeal, allowing you to shop by mail for goods and services you might
not otherwise receive.  In particular, credit card offers give you the
opportunity to choose from a variety of lenders from around the country
in finding a credit relationship that best suits your needs.  This way,
you can shop for the most desirable interest rate and benefits
associated with card membership.

If, however, you do ~not~ wish to receive these mailings, you can have
TRW remove your name from any future mailing lists which TRW compiles
for marketing purposes.  For your convenience, TRW will also notify the
other major credit reporting companies, Equifax and Trans Union, that
you'd like your name removed from their mailing lists as well.

To have us do so, simply write to ... [address above]
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Jonathan Mark	uunet!microsoft!jonm	[not speaking for my employer]