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by: R. Proffitt January 5, 2013 8:55 AM PST

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Your Netflix rental records to be shared.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/5/13 8:55 AM

https://www.google.com/search?q=Netflix+customers'+ENTIRE+movie+rental+history+to+be+shared and other places but the fallout of a change in privacy laws means less privacy and more public sharing.

"Back to the VPPA. The legislation is an update to a law that prevents personal information about a person's video rental history from being shared with a third party; it was passed after supreme court hopeful Robert Bork's rental history was leaked to DC's City Paper in 1987."

Netflix and Facebook seem to be happy.
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appeals to the noisy neigbor in all of us

by Roger NC Moderator - 1/5/13 9:20 AM

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gossip has always been a fine art.


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(NT) Yeah, I don't like NOISY neighbours either. Bad for sleeping

by Ziks511 - 1/7/13 7:19 AM

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As noted on 27/12/2012

by Ziks511 - 1/7/13 7:18 AM

In Reply to: Your Netflix rental records to be shared. by R. Proffitt Moderator

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6130_102-581448/privacy-we-don-t-need-no-stinking-privacy/?tag=contentBody;threadListing

By yours truly. A stealth bill passed in Congress.

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Thanks for that.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/8/13 10:53 AM

In Reply to: As noted on 27/12/2012 by Ziks511

Its sad to see such bills pass so easily. My only comment is that the post titles need some work.
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It says they have to ask your permission....

by Josh K - 1/8/13 12:54 PM

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.....and then request it again every two years. It doesn't say whether the information they share is tied to you personally or just used in aggregate to do things like trend analysis.


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The old law.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/8/13 1:00 PM

In Reply to: It says they have to ask your permission.... by Josh K

Was they had to ask every time they wanted to use this information. Now they can put this into your login agreement and well, it is a big step backwards in privacy.

We'll have to get a few Congress folk's viewing records to correct this one.
Bob


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everyone that watchs Rambo movies

by Roger NC Moderator - 1/8/13 4:45 PM

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will be declared dangerous and locked up.

devil


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Or anything by Quentin

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 1/9/13 2:21 PM

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Tarantino


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