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"It is neither appropriate nor legally permissible for a company to compile a database of personal information through an online registration process and then attempt to use the information for telemarketing purposes to target consumers who have stated that they do not want to receive solicitations,"said the NY State Attorney General involved in the case.
Unwanted spam and telephone calls... Is that what Yahoo means by personalization?
it may still be there and accessible... i still have mine each time i drop by ;)
Wow, if this will get more public, it will badly hurt Yahoo's image!
Nope, I went and deliberately cancelled it, went through a whole big rigamarole to actually kill it and get rid of it.
Im going to phone around UK computer magazines in the moring to see if they are aware of it! Ho ho
And this is a victory for us?
Three or four zeros need to be added to that amount before it's a victory.
Richard
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So by Signing up, you are actually agreeing for Yahoo to give out your information to other people.
Intresting.
Sid
I wonder if they will go after Hotmail next, it is really bad for Spam.
Neither Hotmail nor Yahoo is the sole reason those accounts get so much spam. They are both major targets for spammmer "dictionary attacks" and such. Early this year both the Hotmail and Yahoo email databases were cracked wide open and offered for sale on the dark side.
Lately the report is that the spam can start flowing within 24 hours of opening a new email account -- but that isn't necessarily Yahoo's doing or MSN's doing. Along with AOL, they are major targets of the spam "professionals".
So by Signing up, you are actually agreeing for Yahoo to give out your information to other people.
Yes, but you receive the opportunity to opt out of receiving phone calls and email. Yahoo was fined because they did not honor the requests to opt out.
Early this year both the Hotmail and Yahoo email databases were cracked wide open and offered for sale on the dark side.
The unsolicited email and telephone calls in question didn't originate from crackers outside of Yahoo. The black hats were Yahoo, that's why Yahoo received the fine.
As far as the cost of doing business is concerned $75k is a piddling amount to pay to make Millions. This is a settlement that is obviously in Yahoo's favor.
Does anybody recall the recent survey about Yahoo doing a PFI/PPC? Some folks did it, but I declined because the personal information they requested was too invasive.
Sid
