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Skriven 2006-03-22 19:26:22 av Ellen K (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 10261 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Ticketmaster 'privacy policy'  sham
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I won't be buying anything from Ticketmaster now that I've read that, thanks.

> From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>
> http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2003/7/24/84435/6284
> The reader had become annoyed with the amount of promotional e-mails he'd
> been getting from Ticketmaster ever since he'd purchased concert tickets at
> ticketmaster.com. In the process of opting out of their e-mail "newsletter,"
> the reader examined Ticketmaster's privacy policy and was struck by this
> section:
> "By purchasing a ticket, or completing a registration form so that you are
> able to access a purchase page for a ticket, to a concert, game or other
> event on the Site, you consent (i.e., you opt-in) to us sharing your
> personal information with the venues, promoters, artists, teams, leagues and
> other third parties associated with that concert, game or other event
> ("Event Partners"). We cannot offer you a separate opportunity to opt-out,
> or not to consent, to our sharing of your personal information with them.
> Event Partners may use your personal information in accordance with their
> own privacy policies, and may consequently use your personal information to
> contact you and may share your personal information with others. You will
> need to contact those Event Partners who contact you to instruct them
> directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information
> by them."
> Ticketmaster says they're just functioning as an "agent" for those clients
> who have "the desire and the need" to collect all this information about us.
> It's an odd kind of agent relationship though, since we only get to know the
> agent's privacy policies and we can't even be sure who and how many clients
> are getting this open-ended access to our information.

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