[45884] in Cypherpunks
FTC Privacy Initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James M. Cobb)
Sun Dec 24 11:15:57 1995
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 11:04:01 -0500 (EST)
From: "James M. Cobb" <jcobb@ahcbsd1.ovnet.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Friend,
You may wish to inform yourself about the FTC Privacy Initia-
tive:
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a "Privacy Initia-
tive" to investigate whether the information collected at web-
sites (either that affirmatively submitted by a visitor via a
form or information collected based upon a visitor's selection
of pages at a site to reflect personal interests) should be the
subject of regulation by the FTC.
To get background on this effort, you may want to read a speech
by FTC Commissioner Varney on Electronic Commerce and Privacy
which is available at the FTC's site under speeches
http://www.ftc.gov
or [at] the Advertising Law Internet Site
http;//www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html
under speeches.
This week the staff of the FTC established a mailing list to
allow interested parties to discuss the issues surrounding the
privacy interests of consumers visiting web sites. To subscribe,
send the message
subscribe
to
privacy-request@ftc.gov
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The above is an excerpt from a 12 20 95 message to another list.
Cordially,
Jim
