From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5d125ec1d17ebeaf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-07 14:35:22 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!firth From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) Subject: Re: Corruption in Ada9x office - suppression of Ada survey results Message-ID: <1994Nov7.134022.12961@sei.cmu.edu> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: Software Engineering Institute References: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 13:40:22 EST Date: 1994-11-07T13:40:22-05:00 List-Id: In article srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: > Even worse is that while we could live without that data (though it would > be nice) what we really want is sales leads, in particular names and > addresses of people calling the 1-800 number in response to the ads. And I firmly hope Chris Anderson and Telos told these people that no way would they get individual names and addresses, and they can go jump in the lake. If I volunteered to take part in a survey, and then found that my name and telephone number were being peddled to every salescritter who wanted to make my life a misery with unsolicited junk telemarketing calls, I'd be very, very angry. Congratulations to the Ada people for their resolute defence of individual privacy and of the honesty of their survey. In most other countries - the UK, Germany, and Sweden for example - it is illegal for any government agency to collect data for one ostensible purpose and then use it for any other purpose. Fat chance of such laws being passed in this country, but until then, it is good to have people of integrity like Chris Anderson to do the right thing.