N.Y. Sues Internet Firm for Privacy Breach

as seen on Farber's IP-list, an article of the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR2006032300639.html

New York's attorney general sued an Internet company Thursday over the selling 
of e-mail addresses in what authorities say may be the biggest deliberate 
breach of Internet privacy ever.

[...]

Spitzer claims Gratis wrongfully shared as many as 7 million "user records," 
creating the largest deliberate breach of a privacy policy discovered by U.S. 
law enforcement. He said the company's promises to consumers included: "We 
will never give out, sell or lend your name or information to anyone," and 
"We will never lend, sell or give out for any reason your e-mail address or 
personal information."

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Rigo Wenning
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