[14961] in APO-L
Re: Lexis list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Cherry)
Tue Sep 17 13:57:52 1996
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 13:54:18 -0400
Reply-To: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Before anyone propogates alarming info, please verify it yourself. No
matter what the cause, just say No to chain letters, even if it seems
like a nice thing to do. This DB came up on our chapter's alumni list,
and this is what someone who followed the instructions and called the
number found out.
Yours in LFS,
Debbie Cherry
Alumni, Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
Section 62 Staff
dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:51:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eric Ewanco <eje@world.std.com>
To: kappa-alumni@telerama.lm.com
Subject: Re: FW: personal database on YOU (fwd)
Excerpts from misc: 16-Sep-96 FW: personal database on YO.. Ric
Dargusch@dma.isg.mot (1737)
> It has recently come to my attention that Lexus Nexus has established a
> > data base on everyone in the US listing their social security number,
> > mother's maiden name, current and former addresses, and other personal
> > information
According to the 800 number, what is included is _your_ maiden name, not
your _mother's_ maiden name (there's a big difference there). The
"personal information" is rather limited (call to find out exactly what
_will_ be listed). Also, they insist that this is a
business-to-business service which will only be marketed to attorneys
and law enforcement agencies, not to consumers or other individuals, so
the chances of this contributing to fraud are slim.
(Need I point out that such fraud would likely be easily traceable.)
# __ __ Eric Ewanco
# IC | XC eje@world.std.com
# ---+--- Software Engineer, Xyplex Inc.
# NI | KA Littleton, Mass.
