This is a follow-up to Scott Bersh's posting yesterday; obviously no hockey content but relevant due to his original posting to clarify some misinformation *** Forwarding note from I5452223--IBMMAIL 10/17/96 09:15 *** Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:38:29 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] (LEXIS(R)-NEXIS(R) P-Trak) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Remove Our Names This is to confirm that we have received your request to have your name deleted from the P-TRAK file. To efficiently remove records from the P-TRAK database, the following information is required: Last name, First name Middle Name Address City, State Zip Telephone Number If you did not include this information, please resubmit your request to [log in to unmask] or mail this information to ATTN: P-TRAK, P. O. Box 933, Dayton, OH 45401. A World Wide Web-based form for deletion is available at http://www.lexis-nexis.com/lncc/p-trak/index.html. You may also fax your request to 1-800-470-4365. This information will be used solely to remove names from the P-TRAK database and for no other purpose. Incorrect information is being distributed on Internet newsgroups regarding the data displayed in LEXIS-NEXIS' P-TRAK file. P-TRAK is like an electronic "white pages." The only information displayed is the name of the individual, current address and up to two previous addresses and telephone number. In some cases, the individual's maiden name may appear and as well as the month and year of birth. That is the ONLY information displayed in the P-TRAK file. Contrary to some messages that have been posted to some Internet discussion and news groups, the P-TRAK file does not contain any credit histories, bank account information, personal financial data, mother's maiden name or medical histories. This misinformation has been posted over and over again to various news groups. An example of a record appears below: Name: DOE, JOHN E Current Address: 1066 Anywhere Drive Dayton, OH 95454 Previous Addresses: 106 Somewhere Drive Dayton, OH 92454 Birthdate: 9/1965 Telephone number: 555-1212 On file since: 6/1/1994 The information displayed in the P-TRAK file is the type of information readily available from public information sources such as telephone directories (in print and CD-ROM format) and public records maintained by government agencies. LEXIS-NEXIS markets the P-TRAK file to the legal community for use by general legal practitioners, litigators and public attorneys, as well as law enforcement agencies and police departments. These professionals use the P-TRAK file to assist in locating litigants, witnesses, shareholders, debtors, heirs and beneficiaries. LEXIS-NEXIS is aware of the sensitivities regarding the potential misuse of information. Business competitors of LEXIS-NEXIS have for some time made Social Security numbers available to users of their services. In addition, Social Security numbers and other information are available on the Internet from a number of sources. Despite this wide availability of Social Security numbers in the market place, LEXIS-NEXIS discontinued the display of Social Security numbers in the P-TRAK file as of June 11, 1996, eleven days after the product was introduced. Through its actions, LEXIS-NEXIS is balancing the privacy concerns of the public with the legitimate needs of legal, business and government professionals for access to accurate sources of publicly available information. By discontinuing the display of Social Security numbers in P-TRAK and only providing information that is already available to the public from other sources, LEXIS-NEXIS believes it has responsibly met the expressed concerns of the public. ---- End of mail text Additional SMTP headers from original mail item follow: Received: from prod.lexis-nexis.com by ibmmail.COM (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Thu, 17 Oct 96 08:40:28 EDT Received: by prod.lexis-nexis.com id AA29449 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for [log in to unmask]); Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:40:28 -0400 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Received: by prod.lexis-nexis.com (Internal Mail Agent-1); Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:40:28 -0400 References: <[log in to unmask]> In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> X-Loop: [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.