Staff Report
Public Workshop on
Consumer Privacy on the
Global Information Infrastructure
December 1996
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Table of Contents
I. THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE: Challenges and Opportunities
II. ONLINE PRIVACY: General Practices and Concerns
- A. Current Collection and Uses of Information
- B. Consumers' Attitudes About Privacy And Interactive Media
- C. Privacy Protections: Areas of Agreement and Divergent Views
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- 1. Notice
2. Consumer Choice
3. Data Security and Consumer Access
- 1. Notice
- D. Sensitive Data: Medical and Financial Information Online
III. ENHANCING CONSUMER PRIVACY ONLINE
- A. Technologies to Enhance Notice and Consumer Choice Online
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- 1. Universal Registration Systems
2. Cookies
3. Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
4. Participants' Views on the Demonstrated Technological Approaches
- 1. Universal Registration Systems
- B. Consumer and Business Education
- C. Participants' Views on Self-Regulation and Government's Role
IV. CHILDREN AND PRIVACY ONLINE
- A. Traditional Law and Policy
- B. Collecting Children's Information Online
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1. Current Practices
2. ConcernsC. Protecting Children's Information Online
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1. Technological Responses
2. Self-Regulation
3. Consumer and Business Education
4. Government's Role
5. Proposed Legislation
V. CONCLUSION
VI. APPENDICES
- A. Workshop Agenda
B. The European Union Directive on the Protection of Personal Data
C. Privacy Guidelines and Proposals Submitted for the Record
D. Legislation Proposed by Congressmen Edward Markey and Bob Franks
E. Staff Survey of Child-Oriented Commercial Web Sites
F. Internet Filtering Software
G. Workshop Participants
H. Index of Comments Filed - [NEXT]