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Article: Online Privacy Alliance Calls On Businesses At Internet World To Post Privacy Policies On Web Sites.
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- Business Wire
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- October 7, 1998
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--
Alliance Members Applaud Privacy Partnership Initiative
to Educate Consumers
The Online Privacy Alliance, a coalition of more than 60 global companies and trade associations, today called on companies attending Internet World to post privacy policies on their web sites.
The Alliance also praised the efforts of portal companies to educate consumers on how to safeguard their privacy online.
"We encourage businesses to post privacy policies and abide by them," said Christine Varney, a former FTC Commissioner and advisor to the Online Privacy Alliance. "This education effort by the portal ...