Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 77 - May 07, 2001 - ISSN 1539-5065
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'Opt-Out' Also a Problem in Real Life
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
May 07, 2001
"Opt-Out" is when a company automatically sends you marketing emails unless you take action to indicate that you don't want them. Now it is happening in real life with services and magazine subscriptions. Read this article, then check your credit card statements carefully each month!
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49642-2001May5.html
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