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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aasha Blakely)
Tue Sep 17 12:57:47 1996
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:55:17 -0400
Reply-To: Aasha Blakely <blakelya@VT.EDU>
From: Aasha Blakely <blakelya@VT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Brothers, I received this message from a faculty collegue named Beth. I
talked to her and this is ligit. Thought you might be interested.
>=>Sorry to bother you all, but some of you may value your rights to privacy
>as much as I do, and this may trouble you as it does me:
>
>Your name, social security number, current address, previous addresses,
>mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal information are now
>available to anyone with a credit card through a new Lexis database called
>P-Trax. As I am sure you are aware, this
>information could be used to commit credit card fraud or otherwise allow
>someone else to use your identity.
>
>=>You can have your name and information removed from this list by making a
>=>telephone request. Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 and then option 3
>=>("all other questions") and tell the representative answering
>=>that you wish to remove your name from the P-trax database. You may
>=>also send a fax to (513) 865-7360, or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / P.O.
>=>Box 933 / Dayton, Ohio 45401-0933. Sending physical mail to confirm
>=>your name has been removed is always a good idea.
>=>
>=>As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net,
>Lexis-Nexis
>>has been inundated with calls, and has set up a special set of operators to
>handle the volume. In addition, Andrew Bleh (rhymes with "Play") is a
>manager responsible for this product, and is the person to whom complaints
>about the service could be directed. He can be reached at the above 800
>number. Ask for extension 3385. According
>to Lexis, the manager responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364.
>
>I called this morning and had my name removed. The representative will
>need
>your name and social security number to remove you from the list.
>
>
>
>Additional note from Beth: I called the above number and was told that in
>order to get the name removed, I would need to write or fax:
>=>You can fax a request to be removed from the database to 513-865-1930.
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Aasha Blakely <blakelya@vt.edu>
Section 81 (Western VA) Newsletter Editor
Delta Xi Honorary (Ball State University, Section 52, Region VI)
Life Member
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