Comments on: Acxiom playing nasty in Opt Out List http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/17/acxiom-playing-nasty-in-opt-out-list/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Q. http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/17/acxiom-playing-nasty-in-opt-out-list/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Peter Q. Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:09:08 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=1817#comment-760 Just my take on this subject, but I would assume that any reputable company representing itself as a blanket opt-out service would at least provide the requests on some type of electronic medium to the data source providers. I wouldn't expect someone to compile the information related to the opt-outs...what is wrong with sending it via CD? I would consider a packet containing 750+ copied pages junk mail as well....If you want to be treated as a reputable company, then you should provide the service that you are charging for...not just expect someone else to do the work for you. Maybe it's time that the "not-for-profit" Private Citizen spend the money they are charging to actually provide that service? Just my take on this subject, but I would assume that any reputable company representing itself as a blanket opt-out service would at least provide the requests on some type of electronic medium to the data source providers. I wouldn’t expect someone to compile the information related to the opt-outs…what is wrong with sending it via CD? I would consider a packet containing 750+ copied pages junk mail as well….If you want to be treated as a reputable company, then you should provide the service that you are charging for…not just expect someone else to do the work for you. Maybe it’s time that the “not-for-profit” Private Citizen spend the money they are charging to actually provide that service?

]]> By: unSecure Privacy http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/17/acxiom-playing-nasty-in-opt-out-list/comment-page-1/#comment-761 unSecure Privacy Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:13:03 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=1817#comment-761 <strong>Acxiom's Treatment of Opt-Outs</strong> Wired magazine has an interesting article about Acxiom, a company that collects personal information for sale and distribution to marketers (telephonic and direct mail). The article relates how Acxiom allows individuals to opt-out of Acxiom's databases... Acxiom’s Treatment of Opt-Outs

Wired magazine has an interesting article about Acxiom, a company that collects personal information for sale and distribution to marketers (telephonic and direct mail). The article relates how Acxiom allows individuals to opt-out of Acxiom’s databases…

]]> By: Josh Smith http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/17/acxiom-playing-nasty-in-opt-out-list/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Josh Smith Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:07:22 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=1817#comment-759 Read the Wired article. Based on what I read in the article, I don't know that the FTC would do much of anything on this particular issue (although JetBlue might be different). A bit of a different take at: <a href="http://www.unsecureprivacy.com/2003/11/acxioms_treatme.html" rel="nofollow">unSecure Privacy: Acxiom's Treatment of Opt-Outs</a>. Read the Wired article. Based on what I read in the article, I don’t know that the FTC would do much of anything on this particular issue (although JetBlue might be different). A bit of a different take at: unSecure Privacy: Acxiom’s Treatment of Opt-Outs.

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