document: The perils of privacy The recent string of failures among dotcom companies has heightened fears of privacy abuse . What should happen to the names and addresses on a customer list if these details were obtained under a privacy policy which specified no disclosure to any third party ? Should the personal data in the list be deemed to be an asset of a failing company which can be transferred to any future -LRB- third party -RRB- purchaser for its purposes ? Or should the privacy policy take precedence over the commercial concerns of the purchaser ?
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