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From: del@fnx.UUCP (Dag Erik Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Citizens of the City of Mind
Message-ID: <910@fnx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 91 23:06:59 GMT
References: <3622.27d4c133@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <1991Mar11.070712.4223@cs.ucla.edu> <3778.27dd2150@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
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In article <3778.27dd2150@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> you write:
>In article <1991Mar11.070712.4223@cs.ucla.edu>, gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes:
}> 
}> Anyway, when did I ever make Equifax my agent and ask them to sell info
}> about me?
}> 
}You freely gave information that is valuable and Equifax is selling
}it as the agent of the person you gave it to or as their own agent.

I give away lot's of information that is valuable to people for
SPECIFIC PURPOSES.  For example, I give my medical history to my doctor
and my insurance company, but if they were to sell it I would have
legal recourse.  I give my VISA number to certain vendors over the
phone, but if they were to sell it there are serious civil and legal
penalties in store for them.  Your argument doesn't hold water.

-- 
del AKA Erik Lindberg                             uunet!pilchuck!fnx!del
                          Who is John Galt?