Direct marketers' use of public records: Current legal environment and outlook for the future

Journal of Interactive Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-48

  Phelps, Joseph E ^a   Bunker, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0040331763     PISSN: 10949968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6653(200124)15:1<33::AID-DIR1002>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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