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Article: More Web Sites Appear to Post Privacy Policies
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 13, 1999
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A new study has found that almost two-thirds of the World Wide
Web's busiest sites display some form of privacy disclosure, an
apparent improvement that may forestall for now efforts to regulate
the global electronic network, officials said yesterday.
Industry and government leaders have anxiously awaited the
analysis by Georgetown University, anticipating that the findings
would play a crucial role in determining the level of restrictions on
a medium that's fast becoming a driving force in the nation's
economy.
After a similar survey last year found that few Web sites
disclosed how personal information was gathered and used, the White
House, Capitol Hill and regulators threatened to take ...