[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Acxiom's modest proposal: Background checks on air passengers

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:43:30 -0500
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Acxiom's modest proposal: Background checks on air passengers
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Background on Axciom, which I invite to reply to the list (I will
distribute Acxiom's response unedited):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/frompost/march98/privacy8.htm
"You've probably never heard of Acxiom Corp., a giant information
service tucked near the rolling Ozark foothills. But chances are that
Acxiom knows quite a lot about you"

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42406,00.html
"The [FTC] took a hard look at the likes of Acxiom and Abacus, massive
marketing databases that cover the purchasing habits of at least 90
percent of America's 100 million households."

http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/03/aussie.bigbro.idg/
"Australia data warehouse raises privacy concerns"

-Declan

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From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com>
To: <declan@well.com>
Subject: Yahoo - Acxiom Executive Outlines Measures For Using Data to
Fight War on Terro Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:41:44 -0500

Background checks for plane tickets, oh my.......

  http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011205/52444_1.html

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001--Information is the most
powerful weapon in America's fight against terrorism, but its
potential is not yet being unleashed, according to Jerry Jones, legal
and business development leader at AcxiomR Corporation (Nasdaq:ACXM -
news).

``Technology used every day by the finance and business industries can
be applied to enhance airline safety,'' Jones said. ``When you apply
for an insurance policy today, your application and identity are
subjected to a computerized background check or risk assessment. But
if you purchase a ticket to fly across the United States, no such data
verification of your identity occurs. Why? Because airport security
today remains overly focused on finding weapons as opposed to finding
terrorists.'' 




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