Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:37:28 -0400 From: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro gps@ksp.com Subject: Private Data as a Hard Good /IW September 1, 1999 Internet Week (Sep 1, 1999) has an article by Nate Zelnick on the privacy issues, considering the question of treating private information as a hard good that can be priced and bartered. The author proposes to attach a unique ID to each piece of consumer data collected by direct marketers. Then this info can be tracked and monitored. See the entire article at (http://www.internetworld.com/print/1999/09/01/columns/19990901-private.html)
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