] NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union is
] under fire for making the very same privacy gaffe it has
] lambasted other groups and companies for: Revealing
] personal e-mail addresses to everyone on a mailing list.
]
] The advocacy organization that crusades for the
] protection of privacy rights sent its online "Safe and
] Free Newsletter" out to about 860 people last week but
] mistakenly made every recipient%u2019s e-mail address
] available to everyone else.
]
] The ACLU sharply criticized pharmaceutical giant Eli
] Lilly for making a similar error two years ago. Last May,
] Eli Lilly agreed with the Federal Trade Commission to
] submit to audits and upgrade its privacy and security
] practices, among other orders, after sending out a mass
] e-mail with the personal information of every subscriber
] to its Prozac information service.

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