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BRING ON THE GERMAN PRIVACY COPSI applaud Germany's new Article 29 that requires all countries to abide by Germany's strict privacy laws (''Europe's privacy cops,'' International Business, Nov. 2). Recently, a telemarketer called to suggest I invest in an oil well. I was so surprised by his audacity that I had to ask how he got my name and telephone number. Unfortunately, he did not answer my question, and I never invested in the well. Presumably the German data police somehow protect citizens from telemarketers. The German telemarketer would have to answer the question: ''How did you get my name and number?'' But what is to protect a German citizen from an American telemarketer? This is part of the reason Article 29 was passed. I wish I had the same rights Europeans have.
Roger Pommerenke
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