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University Email Addresses

Companies seeking to sell stuff to college students usually can get their addresses from state universities through public records requests, and often do. But the University of Georgia has seen the first attempt for a company to request the email addresses of the entire student body for solicitation purposes. The Indiana-based company, Study Australia, succeeded in its request, so UGA students should have at least one more piece of spam in their in-boxes. I wonder if colleges should offer an “opt-out” option to their students?