However, students can request not to have the information released, Minnick said. If students do not want that information released for whatever reason, they do have the right to request that. Students not wanting any particular piece of public information about themselves released to the public can fill out a form at the Registrar's Office in Room 214 of Alumni Hall. In addition to removing the information from the lists sold to advertisers, the request process will remove it from the university's print and online phone directories. Advertisers then use those lists to send unsolicited ads to the people who have accessed the site.
Electronic means is just one of the methods used by advertisers today.
Bowman noted that in Iowa, merchants who send unsolicited ads through e-mail are required to give people who receive the ads a way of being removed from the merchants' lists. Bowman also said he empathizes with anybody who has received unwanted e-mail. It's something none of us want. Copyright 2000 by the Iowa State Daily Publications Board. All rights reserved.