How interesting.
Amazon's privacy statement was recommended as a good example by a speaker at
a recent dp event I attended. You do of course have to mean what you say!
Gail Waters
DP Coordinator
Open University
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> Subject: Amazon story continues
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> ZDNet.com 12/05/00
> Privacy Groups: Shut Amazon down!
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2661580,00.html?chkpt=zdhpne
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> 01
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> by Will Knight
> ZDNet (UK)
> Online bookseller Amazon.co.uk has admitted it is unable to comply with UK
> data protection laws, according to civil rights campaign group Privacy
> International.
> Privacy International -- which has brought a joint action with another
> privacy group, Junkbusters, against the online giant -- is calling for the
> Internet retailer to be shut down until it can guarantee privacy for
> customers.
> Director of Privacy International Simon Davies says that when challenged,
> Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) confirmed it is unable to supply customers with
> their
> personal data or have that data deleted, as required by the Data
> Protection
> Act.
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