11.  However, the directive is likely to remove any real distinction between personal data held on paper and on electronic systems.

12.  All your personal data is right there at the crossroads of modern marketing and federal law enforcement.

13.  America Online has a wallet of its own, enabling consumers to shop at affiliated merchants without reentering personal data.

14.  An invasion of privacy on so large a scale is cause for alarm, especially as the collection and dissemination of this personal data is absolutely legal.

15.  An inveterate and technically savvy game player, he suspected that personal data was copied from his computer without his knowledge.

16.  And a growing number of people willingly spend an increasing part of their lives connected to the Internet, the most voracious vacuum of personal data in history.

17.  And none of the sites followed guidelines like those recommended by the Federal Trade Commission on collection and use of personal data.

18.  And the bank would be under no obligation to tell the consumer what personal data were used in deciding terms of a loan.

19.  As people realize that their personal data is valuable, they will want to sell it, not give it away.

20.  As for personal data, Batiste demurred, offering just his birthplace -- Louisiana.