Re: [mepbmlist] Re: yahoo take over (privacy questions)

[Gavinwj]

ggiacoppe@... wrote:

> what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your date of birth, sex, and all
> kinds of other information before signing you up. I don't want yahoo running
> credit checks or rap sheets or forwarding my info to marketers just to be able
> to read the list. Not that there is a solution, but did anyone else want to
> know why they needed that info to transfer an account?

I didn't have to transfer from egroups nor did I ever have to give out that
information. Strange.

Anyway, a tip from a friend at the UN. When he's asked for all that
intrusive detail by Yahoo or MS or whoever, he gives his address as Apt ##,
120 E 45 ST, New York along with the UN's Russian service number. He changes
the apartment number each time and notes which service he gave it to. That
way, he gets to see which company doesn't live up to privacy expectations.
If they call "him", they get an answering machine... in a language most
American marketeers cannot understand. :-)

Gavin

[TaborekEJ@...]

In a message dated 1/31/01 2:20:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ggiacoppe@... writes:

<< what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your date of birth, sex, and
all kinds of other information before signing you up. I don't want yahoo
running credit checks or rap sheets or forwarding my info to marketers just
to be able to read the list. Not that there is a solution, but did anyone
else want to know why they needed that info to transfer an account? >>

Yahoo is a for-profit company and wants to create a "profile" of its viewers
for marketing purposes, i.e. to sell space on your screen to advertisers. I
could be wrong, but that is my guess.

Ed Taborek




Wed Jan*31,*2001 5:14*pm
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what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your date of birth, sex, and all kinds of other information before signing you up. I don't want yahoo running...



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.... I didn't have to transfer from egroups nor did I ever have to give out that information. Strange. Anyway, a tip from a friend at the UN. When he's asked...


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In a message dated 1/31/01 2:20:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, ggiacoppe@... writes: << what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your date of birth, sex,...



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what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your ... Its getting hard to remember, but they think i'm 64 (born october 19), male, and a CEO for either a IT ...


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.... AFAIK it's for member profiles so other members can look for people to chat up; IIRC you don't have to give it, and/or can keep it from being displayed....


Edward A. Dimmick
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Feb*1,*2001 11:51*am

[Din]

what gets on my nerves is that yahoo wants your
> date of birth, sex, and
> all kinds of other information before signing you
> up. I don't want yahoo
> running credit checks or rap sheets or forwarding my
> info to marketers just
> to be able to read the list. Not that there is a
> solution, but did anyone
> else want to know why they needed that info to
> transfer an account? >>

Its getting hard to remember, but they think i'm 64
(born october 19), male, and a CEO for either a IT
company or a mining company.

But I also think they want to make a profile of who
goes to what.

But its garbage in, garbage out for me.

:)
din