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FYI.  Lexis-Nexis just added an e-mail option for removing one's name from
P-Trak. I know because I called last week & was offered the U.S. mail and
fax options on Wed., I think. Today, they also offered the e-mail option.
Here's their automated response.

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>Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 12:23:57 -0400
>From: p-trak@prod.lexis-nexis.com (LEXIS(R)-NEXIS(R) P-Trak)
>To: sdprince@foothill.net
>Subject: Re: Remove Names
>References: <199609221638.JAA29276@ns1.foothill.net>
>X-Loop: p-trak@prod.lexis-nexis.com
>
>
>
>This is to confirm that we have received your request to have your
>name deleted from the P-TRAK file.   
>
>Incorrect information is being distributed on Internet newsgroups
>regarding the data displayed in LEXIS-NEXIS' P-TRAK file.  P-TRAK is
>like an electronic "white pages."  The only information displayed is
>the name of the individual, current address and up to two previous
>addresses and telephone number.  In some cases, the individual's
>maiden name may appear and as well as the month and year of birth.
>That is the ONLY information displayed in the P-TRAK file.  
>
>Contrary to some messages that have been posted to some Internet
>discussion and news groups, the P-TRAK file does not contain any
>credit histories, bank account information, personal financial data,
>mother's maiden name or medical histories.  This misinformation has
>been posted over and over again to various news groups.  An example of
>a record appears below: 
>
>Name:               DOE, JOHN  E
>Current Address:    1066 Anywhere Drive, Dayton, OH   95454
>Previous Addresses: 106 Somewhere Drive
>		    Dayton, OH 92454
>
>Birthdate:          9/1965
>Telephone number:   555-1212
>On file since:      6/1/1994
>
>The information displayed in the P-TRAK file is the type of
>information readily available from public information sources such as
>telephone directories (in print and CD-ROM format) and public records
>maintained by government agencies.   
>
>LEXIS-NEXIS markets the P-TRAK file to the legal community for use by
>general legal practitioners, litigators and public attorneys, as well
>as law enforcement agencies and police departments.  These
>professionals use the P-TRAK file to assist in locating litigants,
>witnesses, shareholders, debtors, heirs and beneficiaries. 
>
>LEXIS-NEXIS is aware of the sensitivities regarding the potential
>misuse of information. Business competitors of LEXIS-NEXIS have for
>some time made Social Security numbers available to users of their
>services. In addition, Social Security numbers and other information
>are available on the Internet from a number of sources.  Despite this
>wide availability of Social Security numbers in the market place,
>LEXIS-NEXIS discontinued the display of Social Security numbers in the
>P-TRAK file as of  June 11, 1996, eleven days after the product was
>introduced. 
>
>Through its actions, LEXIS-NEXIS is balancing the privacy concerns of
>the public with the legitimate needs of legal, business and government
>professionals for access to accurate sources of publicly available
>information.  By discontinuing the display of Social Security numbers
>in P-TRAK and only providing information that is already available to
>the public from other sources, LEXIS-NEXIS believes it has responsibly
>met the expressed concerns of the public. 
>
>
>

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