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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
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Subject: Re: Prodigy charged with invading users' privacy (was Re: Lifestyle Information ( was Re: Safeway Stores to Accept Charge)
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Date: 4 May 91 01:42:36 GMT
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In article <57M001546bv800@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> esf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank) writes:
>I was concerned about what the Prodigy software would do back when
>it first came out. If you read the shrinkwrap license agreement, by
>signing onto Prodigy (and therefore agreeing to the terms and
>conditions under which they offer the service), you will find
>(paraphrased -- I don't have the text of the agreement in front of me)
>that you *have* agreed to allow them to upload *anything that they
>want* off your system. If the contents of STAGE.DAT are random
>and ignored at this point in time, you have still agreed that
>*whatever* they can find on your system can be uploaded and used for
>any purpose they desire.

The Prodify license agreement states that if they steal your data, you can 
only hold them liable for the cost of service, i.e., your subscription cost.

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Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks.     |     Ron Dippold