[单项选择] When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It’’s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland’’s laws against secret telephone taping. It’’s our banks not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms. Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will. As an example of what’’s going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called Member Works with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-account and credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits. With these customer lists in h
A. banks will have to change their ways of doing business
B. privacy protection laws soon be enforced
C. consumers’’ privacy will continue to be invaded
D. free trial practice will eventually be banned

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