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Amazon clarifies customer info policy

Amazon.com Inc. clarified how one day it might share customer information with other companies, a cautious move at a time when the privacy practices of electronic retailers are coming under closer scrutiny.
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Amazon.com Inc. clarified how one day it might share customer information with other companies, a cautious move at a time when the privacy practices of electronic retailers are coming under closer scrutiny.

In a revamped privacy policy posted on its Web site, the Seattle-based Internet merchant said Amazon could in the future give its customer information to a third party if it sold some of its businesses or was acquired by another company. Full story to follow. -- Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal

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