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BillyBobUSA
March 6th, 2009, 8:00 pm
UK firm selling employee data - blacklist
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7927487.stm1 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7927487.stm1)

tenants
http://www.thestar.com/article/596808 (http://www.thestar.com/article/596808)

Economic league
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_League_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_League_)(UK)


These are three examples of companies, special interests and even apartment complexes selling info/blacklisting people with private information that they are selling.

What is the government in the USA doing to stop this stuff?

Anyone know?