Sharing Customer Information Among Affiliates

The FCRA allows the sharing of name, address, and telephone number among affiliates whether or not the customer has elected to "opt out." Does anyone have a reference or comment as to whether or not hte meaning of "address" would extend to e-mail addresses?

This is the electronic age. We should be thinking of e-mail addresses in the same way we think of street addresses. My vote is to treat an e-mail address in the same way that we treat "hard" information about a consumer.

In the absence of a specific ruling, I would treat a virtual address similar to a physical address. For the intentions of the regulation, I would see no difference.

Strengthening this argument, virtual addresses will likely become more protected if any of these anti-spamming laws take effect. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/8369.html

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Andy Zavoina
Opinions stated are not necessarily that of my employer.