Most software programs have some sort of Privacy statement in which they say they will not give away your personal information to anyone, except maybe third parties whose software integrates with theirs. The Amicus Attorney statement is fairly typical in this respect. It reads, in part:
“We use the personal information we collect from you for providing you with information, products and services that we believe to be of value to you. ...
“In general we do not disclose your personal information outside of our company. However, if you purchase a third party product from us, we may provide your contact information to the developers of that product so that you can be notified of updates and upgrades to that third party product. ...
“At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information.”
In the wake of the Annual Maintenance Program for Time Matters and PCLaw, the Lexis Nexis privacy statement is rather dramatically different:
“Credit Investigation and Approval. You hereby authorize LexisNexis to make whatever credit investigation it deems appropriate in order to provide you with the Products and Services. By this order, you further authorize LexisNexis to exchange any information received in the course of such investigation. LexisNexis may request reports from credit reporting agencies or others. If you ask whether a credit report was requested, LexisNexis will tell you and if a report was received, LexisNexis will give you the name and address of the agency that supplied the report.”
For the full statement, see the Lexis site here.
In other works not only do they run a credit report in order to let you have the privilege of purchasing their software, but they reserve the right to give any information about you to ANYBODY AT ALL under the guise of a “credit investigation.” 1984 revisited anybody?
“We use the personal information we collect from you for providing you with information, products and services that we believe to be of value to you. ...
“In general we do not disclose your personal information outside of our company. However, if you purchase a third party product from us, we may provide your contact information to the developers of that product so that you can be notified of updates and upgrades to that third party product. ...
“At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information.”
In the wake of the Annual Maintenance Program for Time Matters and PCLaw, the Lexis Nexis privacy statement is rather dramatically different:
“Credit Investigation and Approval. You hereby authorize LexisNexis to make whatever credit investigation it deems appropriate in order to provide you with the Products and Services. By this order, you further authorize LexisNexis to exchange any information received in the course of such investigation. LexisNexis may request reports from credit reporting agencies or others. If you ask whether a credit report was requested, LexisNexis will tell you and if a report was received, LexisNexis will give you the name and address of the agency that supplied the report.”
For the full statement, see the Lexis site here.
In other works not only do they run a credit report in order to let you have the privilege of purchasing their software, but they reserve the right to give any information about you to ANYBODY AT ALL under the guise of a “credit investigation.” 1984 revisited anybody?
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