FITUG e.V. Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft

FC: Acxiom's modest proposal: Background checks on air passengers

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:43:30 -0500 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Acxiom's modest proposal: Background checks on air passengers Copies to: alison.melson@acxiom.com, jonathan.portis@acxiom.com Send reply to: declan@well.com

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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