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- Internet Privacy Hearings Get Under Way.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- A key Senate committee has taken up the debate over online privacy protection, the outcome of which could reshape the way that cable operators and their competitors conduct business via the Internet. The July 11 hearing -- the f...
- Research articles 2001-07-23
- TALKING TECHNOLOGY: Strive for online privacy or become a tech victim .(personal data gathered by Internet companies)(Brief Article)
- Internet companies are leveraging their advertising dollars by compiling and exchanging personal information that tells more about who we are and what we do than we might ordinarily admit. Watching and being watched from afar, many of us have been ov Internet companies are leveraging their...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- PLI and IAB Launch Online Privacy Tips Campaign; Ad campaign worth 13 million dollars will reach 70% of Internet audience
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2001-10-02
- REPEAT/2001 UCLA Internet Report Finds Declines in E-Commerce, Major Concerns About Online Privacy; Television Is the Primary Victim of Online Use
- Business Editors & Internet Writers
- Research articles 2001-11-29
- McCain: Bolster Online Privacy Safeguards.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Because the Internet and electronic commmerce reach more Americans than ever before, it's time to craft stronger online privacy laws, Sen. John McCain RAriz said last week. McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, sai WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 2000-05-29
- Google, Yahoo Bow to Congressional Online Privacy Pressure
- Congress has been turning a critical eye on consumer privacy concerns in online advertising. Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce started to put pressure on leading companies in the industry, and this week Google and Yahoo have both strengthened opt-out provisions for consumers who don't want their...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
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- White House backs P3P online privacy moves - Internet/Web/Online Service Information
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 June 2000-White House backs P3P online privacy moves C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The White House has supported an Internet industry initiative aimed at boosting online privacy through design changes to websites and browsing software. The new technical protocol called P3P Platform for Privacy Preferences underwent...
- Research articles 2000-06-23
- Online Privacy Alliance Says Web Sweeps Confirm Significant Progress in Privacy Self-regulation
- WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 1999-- Private Sector Privacy Efforts Result in 94% of Top 100 Web Sites Posting Privacy Policies to Help Consumers Survey Also Shows 66% of Representative Web Sites Sampled Have Posted Privacy Policies The Online Privacy Alliance, a coalition of global businesses and...
- Research articles 1999-05-12
- Online Privacy Alliance Says Web Sweeps Confirm Significant Progress in Privacy Self-regulation
- WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 1999-- Private Sector Privacy Efforts Result in 94% of Top 100 Web Sites Posting Privacy Policies to Help Consumers Survey Also Shows 66% of Representative Web Sites Sampled Have Posted Privacy Policies The Online Privacy Alliance OPA, a coalition of global businesses...
- Research articles 1999-05-13
- White House backs P3P online privacy moves
- INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The White House has supported an Internet industry initiative aimed at boosting online privacy through design changes to websites and browsing software. The new technical protocol called P3P Platform for Privacy Preferences underwent its first public test of how similarly ...
- Research articles 2000-06-23
- UncleSam.reg - Online Privacy Protection Act
- Private industry braces for government regulation of Internet issues. Lawmakers have put the Internet under a microscope this legislative session, and after careful scrutiny some have concluded that industry self-regulation and marketplace approaches are not working when it comes to privacy and access. Now the Hill is ready...
- Research articles 1999-05-03
- Online Privacy Alliance Forms Ahead Of Commerce Talks
- As the US Department of Commerce finally prepares to hold its long-postponed Privacy Summit (CI No 3,411) on June 23 and 24, stakeholders on both sides of the privacy fence have launched pre-emptive appeals for public sympathy. The first shot came from the Online Privacy Alliance (http://www.privacyalliance.com/), a new group...
- Research articles 1998-06-23
- Make online privacy a selling point
- Consumers who go to market by going to the Internet feel anxious about sharing personal information. Those fears cost companies. Looking ahead to 2006, research company Jupiter Media Metrix estimates online retail sales would be 24 percent higher if consumers felt their fears about privacy and security were...
- Research articles 2002-06-17
- Online Privacy Alliance Forms Ahead Of Commerce Talks
- As the US Department of Commerce finally prepares to hold its long-postponed Privacy Summit (CI No 3,411) on June 23 and 24, stakeholders on both sides of the privacy fence have launched pre-emptive appeals for public sympathy. The first shot came from the Online Privacy Alliance (http://www.privacyalliance.com/), a new group...
- Research articles 1998-06-23
- Public opinion and policy initiatives for online privacy protection
- The rapid development of the Internet and its ability to record, monitor, and report almost every detail of users' behavior has fueled public concern about personal privacy in the online environment (Lievrouw, 2000). As a consequence, consumer groups are putting pressure on both the federal government and the electronic commerce...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Kids' Online Privacy Rule Will Slow Sales.
- Byline:Elizabeth Kelleher A new federal rule on collecting personal information from children online will hurt sales of kids' products on the Internet and financially burden small firms. The Federal Trade Commission FTC rule, which went into effect last month, requires parental consent whenever ...
- Research articles 2000-05-09
- KIDS ONLINE PRIVACY BILL MOVES AHEAD SPONSORS AGREE TO LIMIT WEB SITES BEING REGULATED.
- The first major legislation to define Internet privacy rights and limit what data marketers can collect from children won what may be a swift ticket toward congressional approval last week. As expected, the bill's sponsors agreed to limit its impact to commercial sites reaching kids under...
- Research articles 1998-10-05
- Some Unhappy As Online-Privacy Law Takes Effect
- A law designed to protect children from excessive information gathering over the Internet took effect Friday. Some businesses say it's going to be expensive to comply with, but privacy advocates say the law doesn't go far enough. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, passed in 1998, applies to...
- Research articles 2000-04-24
- -Ftc Chairman Notes Importance Of Online Privacy For Children
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-C 1994-8 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTDFTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky has expressed the importance and necessity of the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998". The legislation seeks to force web sites to provide notice of their online information practices and to obtain consent from parents prior to dealing with children aged...
- Research articles 1998-09-28
- Net Nanny Helps Promote Child Online Privacy Protection Act
- Business Editors/Technology Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 20, 2000 FTC's new law, combined with powerful filtering software, provides comprehensive protection Net Nanny Software International Inc. (OTCBB:NNSWF)(CDNX:NNS), a leading Internet security and filtering company, is assisting the Federal Trade Commission to spread the word about the Child Online...
- Research articles 2000-04-20
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