Lotus Invasion of Privacy
John R. Likins 14 Jan 1991 13:49 UTC
In March Lotus Development Corp. is bringing out a set of 11 CD-ROMs for the
Macintosh called the "Household Marketplace" database. Price will be $695
for the first disc & $100 for each additional disc. Discs will be arranged by
geographic areas of the U.S.
>>These discs will contain personal information on 80,000,000 American house-
holds (120,000,000 individuals) including an estimate of each person's income<<
If you DON'T want to be on these discs I suggest you call this number pronto--
800-225-5800
Ask Lotus to send you cards to remove the names of each person in your family.
For general kvetching you should write
Lotus Development Corp.
Attn.: Market Name Referral Service
55 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Mass. 02142
or call
(617) 577-8500
See Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 1990, page B1 for more details
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