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Re: Privacy Concerns: Info on MIB » Greg

Posted by shellie on October 24, 2000, at 0:25:10

In reply to Re: Privacy Concerns: Info on MIB » Deborah14, posted by Greg on October 23, 2000, at 20:07:02

Greg, I think it was about a year or maybe two years ago that some of the larger chains were selling lists of customers on certain meds to marketing companies. On the east coast the chain CVS was one. For instance, if you used insulin, they might sell your name to a company who sold products related to diabetes, who would then directly market you. When the practise became known publicly they stopped, but I don't recall that they were considered to have broken the law. I don't recall any class action suits, etc., which one would expect if what they had done was unlawful. I think it was more under the category of unethical, but I'm not sure why not unlawful. Shellie


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