[hodaka]

I was asking a question because I heard that they sold the list of donors to some firm. I wanted some verification.

[bjs1779]

I was asking a question because I heard that they sold the list of donors to some firm. I wanted some verification.?

For posterity purposes, you don't mind if Terri's rehap money was spent to kill her, right?

[RGSpincich]

They did allow a firm to use names and email addresses of those who donated to Terri's plight. The Schindlers worked with a firm well versed in telemarketing. Thousands of unsuspecting donors' personal contact information was sold and rented out. In addition to one time use fees, they found a way to charge advertisers/fundraisers by the month to use the information.

[T'wit]

>> I was asking a question because I heard that they sold the list of donors to some firm.

Nothing wrong with that. It's routine practice in the direct mail advertising business for firms or brokers to buy, rent and sell lists of donors or other specified groups. A conservative from Texas, Richard Viguerie, developed the practice in the 1960s and was the first to computerize lists of political donors. It helped get Ronald Reagan elected not many years later.