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Technology Stocks : Famous SI PIG ZSUN DISCOVERY QUESTIONS THREAD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Blade Runner who wrote (69)	7/8/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Q.	Respond to of 96

When new members sign up, here's the info they provide SI nowadays, and the agreements that they make: The primary thing the agree to is the TOU, which says, as you reported in the previous post, 2.4 Silicon Investor reserves the right to access and disclose any information, including user names of accounts and other information, to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its members. Agreeing to the TOU was "step 1" of signing up. Right after that, you come to "step 2", go2net.com (I don't know if you can actually see that link without going through step 1, but I pasted here anyway). In step 2 it asks you for all the info that they presumably would give out in response to a subpoena. Curiously, it also gives you information that contradicts what you consented to in the TOU. Look for the bolded text in the form below: Step 2 Type your Name, Email, and Mailing Address Please supply your real name and email address (You will have a chance later to provide an alias) Your First Name Your Last Name Your Email: Address Instructions - Each of the following boxes must be filled in. Your information will not be supplied to any outside organization. Address: City: State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country: Phone: (optional) Then in step 3 it asks you: Are you currently employed or attending college? If so, please provide company/college name it doesn't say that your employer's name is optional info, but it lets you proceed without it. I suppose if you provided it, SI could disclose that to anybody it wants, too.