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DATA MINE Oct. 6, 1999 Are You Being Truthful? As more and more Web sites attempt to gather personal demographic information before allowing access to locations on their sites, questions are beginning to emerge about how truthful Net users are. According to a recent study of 303 users, nearly 1 in 10 said they provided inaccurate information or lied when registering. And nearly 2 out of 10 said that they left the site when asked to cough up some details. Did you tell the truth? 72% claim they provided accurate information 9% claim they told a fib 19% claim they left the site when asked to fill out the registration form DATA: IntelliQuest Inc. Worldwide Internet Tracking Study -- 1999 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Conspicuous Consumption The Net procurement software market could soar to $4 billion by 2002 Web Sites Profit from Experience E-commerce sites may be more profitable than they appear The Net Gets Electrified Natural gas and electricity are ripe for Net trading systems Untapped Giving 50 million U.S. Internet users contribute to social causes the old-fashioned way The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine