title: The perils of privacy
abstract: The recent string of failures among dotcom companies has heightened fears of privacy abuse. What should happen to the names and addresses on a customer list if these details were obtained under a privacy policy which specified no disclosure to any third party? Should the personal data in the list be deemed to be an asset of a failing company which can be transferred to any future (third party) purchaser for its purposes? Or should the privacy policy take precedence over the commercial concerns of the purchaser?
keyphrases: privacy abuse customer list privacy policy disclosure