(New York Times)
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to prevent Toysmart.com, a bankrupt Internet toy retailer, from selling its database of customer information, asserting the company had assured hundreds of thousands of online visitors their personal data would never be shared with a third party. see also complaint and FTC Sues Web Store Over Plan To Sell Data (Washington Post), Toysmart Flap Triggers Privacy Bill (E-Commerce Times). 15 July 2000
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