Yes, essentially, Bushie.

Another link I came across:
File this under "This is seriously creepy" category:
Counter-GooglingConsidering the number of times I got extremely rude responses from customers back when I worked at a store that asked for phone numbers for marketing purposes, I have a hard time believing that this sort of thing would fly if customers caught wind of companies doing it... but maybe the companies know something I don't.
Of course, I'm probably the only person on the planet who finds it disturbing instead of friendly when the bank clerk addresses me as "Elizabeth" after looking at my ID. They could at least call me Ms. Calkins (or even more preferably, just "Miss" or "Ma'am"!).
Peace & Luv, Liz