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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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June 21, 2007

Walmart Fibs

A few months ago, I made a few purchases from Walmart.com. As is common with many internet commerce sites, I was forced to create an account before I could complete my first purchase, disclosing such information as my name, mailing address, email address, etc.

Like most business websites these days, Walmart has a reassuring Privacy Policy that states:

We never sell or rent your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances.

Well, that isn't true, because I created a unique email address when I placed my initial order. This email address was never used anywhere except Walmart.com.

Somehow, a company called RegNow got their hands on it and sent me a piece of spam today. RegNow claims to have obtained my email address on May 1, 2007, not too long after I first used the email address at Walmart.com:
Date and time signed up: May 1, 2007 at 12:05:03 PM (PST)
A description of how your email address was obtained: You are receiving this message because you have opted-in to the RegNow mailing list.

Actually, I've never heard of RegNow before, and I opted OUT from receiving any future emails from Walmart that weren't related to my purchase.

Walmart "never" sells your information to third parties...yeah right.

UPDATE (June 22): Walmart evades answering my questions in the following email exchange.
DBM: The email address I gave to you is unique. I have
never used it for any reason other than to make a purchase at
Walmart.com.

Your privacy policy states: "We never sell or rent your personal
information to any third parties under any circumstances."

If this is the case, why am I receiving unsolicited spam from a company
called RegNow at this address?

If you "never" sell the email addresses you collect, how did this third
party get their hands on it? I have never used this email other than to
make a purchase at Walmart.com.

Walmart rep "Patrick" responds:
Thank you for contacting us at Walmart.com. Your comments and questions
are very important to us as we strive to meet your needs.

We are writing to let you know that safeguarding the privacy and
security of your personal information is extremely important to us. We
protect your transactions using a standard Web technology called Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL). If your browser supports SSL, and most do, your
sensitive information will automatically be encrypted before being sent
over the Internet.

Also, we do not store your credit card or ordering information on our
Internet servers. This strategy, combined with SSL, provides you with a
high level of security.

Note to Patrick...you'd do just as well to say Walmart waves a magic wand. The end result would be the same.

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