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Transcript: Junk Mail Crusader Wins Battle in Small Claims Court
- Article from:
- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- February 8, 1996
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Anti-junk-mail crusader Robert Beken says he has won a small battle
in his war against junk mail. The software engineer describes how
he wrote a tiny contract on the back of his check protecting his privacy.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: Robert Beken [sp] has been waging war against
junk mail for a long time, and now he has won a major battle. The
Wall Street Journal tells the story of how Mr. Beken, a softward engineer
recently bought a book at a Computer City store in San Diego. He
watched the cashier copy his name and address off his check and enter
it into the store's computer. He was concerned that the store would
use that information to put him on its ...