Does anyone know if this list includes names outside the US? On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Helen Glazer wrote: > Apparently this is another case of a rumor sweeping the Internet, > according to the September 23 issue of "Newsweek" (p. 14). Some people > still might prefer not to be on the P-TRAK list, but the situation is not > as alarming as the post Mr. Tilghman received suggested. The article > below is reprinted in its entirety: > > "Not So Personal" > > When Lexis-Nexis in June started a new service called P-TRAK, a database > of about 300 million records of personal information, it wasn't prepared > for the tumult that followed. In chat channels, newsgroups and e-mail, > false rumors that it contains *really* personal information--like your > credit history, mother's maiden name, Social Security card number--spread > like gossip in a small town. "Shoe size and tobacco brand, too," jokes a > spokesman. Lexis-Nexis has been flooded by callers tipped off on the Net > wanting their names removed. Turns out that P-TRAK has scarcely more > than a phone-book listing (date of birth and a previous address may turn up). > > --Helen Glazer > Exhibitions Director > Goucher College > Baltimore, Maryland, USA > [log in to unmask] > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Doug Tilghman wrote: > > > The message below was forwarded to me. Thought others might want to > > respond. > > > Your name, social security number, current address, previous addresses, > > mother's maiden name, birth date and other personal information > > are now available to anyone with a credit card through a new Lexis > > database called P-Trax. As I am sure you are aware, this information > > could be used to commit credit card fraud or otherwise allow someone > > else> to use your identity. > > > > You can have your name and information removed from this list by making > > a > > telephone request. Call (800)543-6862, select option 4 and > > then option 3 ("all other questions") and tell the representative > > answering that you wish to remove your name from the P-trax database. > > You > > may also send a fax to (513) 865-7360, or physical mail to LEXIS-NEXIS / > > P.O. Box 933 / Dayton, Ohio 45401-0933. Sending physical > > mail to confirm your name has been removed is always a good idea. > > > > As word of the existence of this database has spread on the net, > > Lexis-Nexis > > has been inundated with calls, and has set up a special set of > > operators to handle the volume. In addition, Andrew Bleh (rhymes with > > "Play") is a manager responsible for this product, and is the person > > to whom complaints about the service could be directed. He can be > > reached > > at the above 800 number. Ask for extension 3385. According to > > Lexis, the manager responsible is Bill Fister at extension 1364. > > > > I called this morning and had my name removed. The representative will > > need your name and social security number to remove you from > > the list. I suggest that we inundate these people with requests to > > remove > > our info from the list and forward this e-mail to everyone we > > know. > > >