On 30 Mar 2007 06:20:29 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Pace) wrote: >Almost makes you want to go back to completely using cash again.
Even cash is plastic now - with gift cards. There are lots of reasons for not wanting a record of how we spend our money, starting with buying presents for our wives and mistresses - without our wives seeing the receipt before Christmas. Privacy laws are designed to limit Big Brother, and the IS industry needs to be aware of requirements in both directions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html