Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 2 May 91 08:50 EDT From: tel@cdsdb1.att.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Prodigy or Fraudigy ??? Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 329, Message 1 of 9 Lines: 42 The following is quited directly from Prodigy Today (5/2/91). It was posted in the Service Info Section: [Begin Quote] Members have asked recently about the privacy of the information that they store on their coumputers as it relates to their use of the PRODIGY service. The privacy of your personal information is of primary importance to us. We know that our members consider this kind of information proprietary; so do we. [ The following was underlined ] The PRODIGY service does not read, collect, or transmit to the Prodigy Services Company any information or data that is not directly connected with your use of the service. [ End of underline ] Recently there was an unsubstantiated and false newspaper report suggesting that members' personal information -- unrelated to their use of the PRODIGY service -- is being transmitted to our computers from our members' computers. This is simply not true. It never has been. Member privacy has always been a top priority for Prodigy. In fact, we were active participants, with the ACLU, in the drafting and passage of the Electronic Communication Act of 1986. Ted Papes President, Prodigy Services Company [End Quote] ---------- Disclaimer: I am just a user of Prodigy who happened to see this posted and sent it on for your information. Tom Lowe