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- Path: sparky!uunet!computer-privacy-request
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 23:04:17 EST
- From: Brinton Cooper <abc@brl.mil>
- Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
- Subject: [Jerry Bryan: Blockbuster Video]
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- Organization: The US Army Research Laboratory
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- Jerry Bryan <BRYAN@wvnvm.wvnet.edu> writes...
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- > ...Blockbuster Video... wanted
- > my driver's license number, my SSN, a credit card number, where
- > I worked, and my boss's name. I balked on the SSN, they would not
- > give in, and I walked out.
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- I recall Blockbuster wanting a credit card number so that they could
- charge me if I returned a tape late or not at all. I balked and asked
- if there were an alternative. The alternative was a one-time fee of
- $5.00. This seems to be an insurance premium (perhaps self-insurance)
- to indemnify them against loss of property. Seemed reasonable, so I
- paid it. I didn't tell them my SSN or where I worked. This was several
- years ago.
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- _Brint
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