From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 18:09:34 +0800
To: WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
Subject: Re: More info on this?
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I believe the folks at EPIC played a key part in this move by Lexis/Nexis.

-Declan


Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 16-Jun-96 More info on this? by
"Deranged Mutant"@unix.a 
>           L exis-Nexis, one of the nation's leading private
>           information brokers, has discontinued a new online
>           offering that provided access to
>           millions of individuals' Social Security numbers, after an
>           onslaught of complaints from customers and the credit
>           information bureau that originally supplied the data. 
>  
>           The service, which was offered by the company for 10 days
>           before it was discontinued Monday, was one feature of the
>           new "Lexis-Nexis P-Trak Person Locator" that Lexis-Nexis had
>           developed to attract new business from law firms and
>           law-enforcement agencies.