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To: Amy J who wrote (87559)	9/1/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy - Re: "This is an Amazon feature which lets everyone know what Intel and other companies are purchasing." I find it difficult to believe that AMAZON would even THINK of doing that, let alone actually DOING that. I have bought books and CD's from Amazon in the past - with good results. I was about to order some more - but if I find that they are actually PUBLICLY DISPLAYING PRIVATE INFORMATION , then I definitely will NOT do business with them again. Paul

To: Amy J who wrote (87559)	9/1/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 186894

Amy, I wrote Amazon to enquire about this since I purchase so many books from them. Here is the response I received... Best, Michael _____________________________________________________________________ Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.com.... We have great respect for your privacy. We aggregate anonymous data to generate the bestseller lists for our Purchase Circles, and none of the data is associated with any individual's name. As an additional measure to ensure confidentiality, Amazon.com creates Purchase Circles only when at least 200 Amazon.com customers are associated with a particular group. We hope you will find this service useful and enjoyable. However, if you, as an individual, don't want your information to be anonymously included in any relevant Purchase Circles, simply send an email to no-purchase-circles@amazon.com. If you represent a company or organization that wishes to have its Purchase Circle list removed, please send a fax from an authorized representative on the organization's letterhead to 1-206-266-1357. Please include an email address so that we can confirm that we've received your request. Thanks again for your interest! Best regards, Tim Salazar Amazon.com