Chief Marketer Staff

• ACLU Hits Public and Private Sectors in Privacy Report

  The American Civil Liberties Union warned yesterday that government and business are combining forces to create a total surveillance society. “Database

• Business Opportunity Scammers Settle with FTC

  A company that marketed bogus greeting card ventures via a toll-free telephone number has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it bilked consumers.

• CASE TO RESIGN, LEAVING TIME WARNER EXECS AT HELM

  Amid slumping revenue and stockholder backlash, AOL Time Warner chairman Steve Case announced over the weekend that he will step down in May 2003. Case

• LEGISLATORS LIKELY TO FUND FTC DO-NOT-CALL LIST

  The Federal Trade Commission is on track with its plan to begin a national do-not-call list, announced in December, despite legislative wrangling that

• Re-Tooled Net.marketing Slated for Miami in May

  The annual net.marketing conference and exhibition is happening. It will be held in Miami on May 5 through 7. And, organizers expect to attract 1,000

• FAO Schwarz Files for Bankruptcy

  FAO Schwarz filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, the high-end toy retailer said. Agreements with lenders will allow FAO Schwarz to continue

• List & Database News

  SC Magazine International: Asia-Pacific Edition This is a new list of 10,649 qualified recipients of SC magazine

• Fingerhut Mails Two New Catalogs

  Petters Group, which purchased the assets of Fingerhut Cos., dropped its second major catalog in the mail yesterday and has another planned to reach homes

• Short Cuts

  Alcott Routon, a Nashville-based direct marketing agency has named Jim Marouse Midwest director of business development. He will be responsible for developing

• Deutsche Post to Acquire Italian Courier

  Deutsche Post will acquire Italian parcel service Casa di Spedizioni Ascoli S.p.A in an effort to expand southward, according to news reports. The Frankfurt