ratava: an avatar connected to the network. so we wouldn't have to fuck around with paper tickets to shows.
but the big problem is ID. we want to be ourselves when we choose. we want to define what we will and will not let people see. we want identity and privacy, and the two are never compatible. once someone knows who you are, they will know what you are
Dear Jenny,
I do not control Australia On Disc, it is controlled by Dependable
Database
Data in Sydney. Their data is ultimately obtained from teh telephone
pages.
If you do not place your e-mail in the phone directories then it will
not be
available for general use.
Another way your e-mail can be obtained (though not by us) is if you
supply
your address to any web site. the web site can the on-forward that
address
to re-sellers.
we hold nothing on you (we are not big brother!) other than the phonme
number, business name etc as would normally be in the phone directory -
you
can check by looking up the phone directory.
Your address has been removed from our database as requested.
I think you've misunderstood my query. It was not about email addresses.
I believe the CD-ROM includes phone numbers, names and other contact details. It has been quoted to me as a source by telemarketers who have contacted me and my husband, despite my being on the ADMA "do not call, do not mail" list.
If you don't control the content, could you please send me the contact number or Web address for the company that does.
thank you,
Jenny Sinclair
>
>Dear Jenny,
>
>You have not received an email from us, I cannot find it for your address of
>(snip)
>
>The only way you would have got an e-mail from us on this addreaa is
>possibly through some-one who has had the BugBear virus or similar (look it
>up on norton anti-virus web site). This virus goes through an email address
>book & resends e-mails in te e-mail client eg. Outlook to everyone in the
>address book.
>
>We only target businesses whom we perceive to have an interest in our
>services.
>
>All of our e-mails now have a fully automated system of allow people to opt
>out of our e-mails. It directly enters the e-mail address we used which is
>then queried as an exclusion item against the list of e-mail addresses.
>
>Regards,
> (name removed by me)
S. K
> SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd
> http://www.skproactive.com
> Phone 03 9589 6502 (int'l 61 3 9589 6502)
> Fax 03 9589 6503 (int'l 61 3 9589 6503)
>
could you please reply with details of how to have oneself removed from your directory Australia on Disc?
if this is not possible, could you please give me the name of your privacy officer so I can put in a request to check the details of the information you hold on me?
just had yet another telemarketing call.
caller claimed the number came from Oz on Disc.
checked google; that closed in 1997, but there is this: Australia on Disc. may email them and see how hard it is to get taken off their databases.
my bank has a new ATM interface. it's a photo of a woman (badge says Michelle) saying cheery things like "take your money now please?", "how much money would you like".
am I weird to think I preferred the old "enter amount" button-pushing interface with no fake-friendly pictures and tone?
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