NSI is selling your data

[Jim D. Kirby]

Sorry for the topical irrelevance, but seeing as most people on this list
probably have at least one role account and a number of domains registered
with NSI, I thought it would be of interest.  I was pointed to the article
from comp.risks and the complete text is here:

http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.10.03

But short story:  NSI is selling the entire Internet's domain registration
database (and mined data therein) to the highest bidder. Here are some
choice excerpts from NSI's advertisements for such sales:


     "On your mark, get set, go! The VeriSign/Network Solutions domain
      registration database is available for the first time ever.
      Approximately 6 million unique customers, sliced and diced for you
      to target prospects ..."

     "... You can target based on their status in the dot com
      lifecycle: Is their web site live, is it secure or e-commerce
      enabled? We'll even tell you about their host switching behavior ..."

    "We also track the progress of sites through key stages in the dotcom
      lifecycle, including live or not-live sites, e-commerce status,
      membership features and more. Want to target only small businesses
      with live sites?  Nobody offers a better snapshot of this
      hard-to-reach group than we do..."


Scary, eh?
jk