From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:31:33 -0800 (PST)
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Subject: Re: FTC Online Privacy Report
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970107133736.00682ea0@pop.pipeline.com>
Message-ID: <199701072247.QAA02872@smoke.suba.com>
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> The Federal Trade Commission released yesterday:
>   The Federal Trade Commission, which last year held a conference 
>   on privacy issues, said participants at the gathering agreed that 
>   businesses have four ways to protect consumer privacy:
>   -- Notify consumers about how personal information collected online is
>   used.
>   -- Give consumers a choice about whether and how their personal
>   information is used.
>   -- Ensure the security of personal information is protected.
>   -- Give consumers access to their own personal information to ensure its
>   accuracy.

     Anyone willing to place a bet on how many companies will implement A,B, 
and D, and implement C so that it benefits the consumer, rather than just 
protects a valuable mailing list from theft?