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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (15040)	3/28/2001 10:54:10 AM
From: Daniel	Respond to of 32906

...many sites I use for business are loading up on the graphics to make the sites more visually appealing. Appealing to whom, anyway? (Do site designers really think that readers want to see a bunch of distracting or at least cluttering graphics? Do some readers (maybe the ones who don't read much) actually like such graphics? Or is it just the advertisers who want there to be so much crap on the screen that you can't read the articles?) Daniel

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (15040)	4/3/2001 11:57:55 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 32906

Tuesday April 3 11:27 PM ET eBay: 'Private' Data May Not Stay That Way news.yahoo.com PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - eBay Inc. (NasdaqNM:EBAY - news), the popular online auction service that is one of the most visited sites on the Web, has advised its customers that the personal data they divulge may not be as secure as they thought. In a revised privacy policy posted on the company's site, eBay said that if it were to merge or be acquired by another company, ``you should expect that eBay would share some or all of your information.'' The company, which regularly collects names and addresses from new users and is also able to track their surfing patterns within its vast auction network, says it does not sell the data it collects but does share it with its subsidiaries and joint ventures. EBay was not immediately available to discuss why the privacy policy had been updated, or whether the new reference to a possible merger meant that the company was in talks with partners. But in the new statement it posted, it stressed that consumers should be mindful that privacy policies are ever subject to change, and that even secure data may sometimes be compromised. The company said that ``future developments may force us to make more changes'' to the privacy policy. And, in a later warning it noted that ``we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this privacy policy.'' ``We may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or users may abuse misuse your information that they collect from our site,'' it said in the statement.