| Privacy
Policy-10 Points |
Every
company that maintains a Web site or collects personal information
of any kind about its customers should establish an explicit privacy
protection policy.
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| Internet
Privacy Coalition |
The
Internet Privacy Coalition promotes privacy and security on the
Internet through widespread public availability of strong encryption
and the relaxation of export controls on cryptography.
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| Online
Privacy Alliance |
The
Online Privacy Alliance is a diverse group of corporations and associations
who have come together to introduce and promote business-wide actions
that create an environment of trust and foster the protection of
individuals' privacy online. Online
Privacy Alliance Document 6/22/98,
7/21/98
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Center
for Democracy
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The
Center For Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest
organization based in Washington, DC. CDT works for public policies
that advance civil liberties and democratic values in new computer
and communications technologies.
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| Privacy
Specifications |
The
World Wide Web Consortium 'W3C' published a draft proposal on May
19, 1998 called Platform for Privacy Preferences Syntax Specifications.
It can be viewed and comments made to further the development of
a standard for Privacy on the Internet. The consortium is made up
of government, non-profits, and industry.
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| Internet
Content Coalition |
A
campaign to educate Internet users about content issues, particularly
intellectual property concerns.
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| Electronic
Privacy Info Center |
EPIC
is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was
established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil
liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and
constitutional values.
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| The
Direct Marketing Association |
List
of guidelines for developing an online privacy policy. Fill out
a questionnaire about your company's privacy practices, and the
site will create an online privacy notification statement to post
on your site.
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| Global
Internet Liberty Campaign |
There
are no borders in cyberspace. Actions by individual governments
and multi-national organizations can have a profound effect on the
rights of citizens around the world. The member organizations of
GILC have joined together to protect and promote fundamental human
rights such as freedom of speech and the right of privacy on the
net for users everywhere.
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| Internet
Free Expression Coalition |
Internet
users, online publishers, library and academic groups and free speech
and journalistic organizations share a common interest in opposing
the adoption of techniques and standards that could limit the vibrancy
and openness of the Internet as a communications medium.
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| Digital
Future Coalition |
The
Digital Future Coalition is committed to striking an appropriate
balance in law and public policy between protecting intellectual
property and affording public access to it.
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| Trust-e
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TRUSTe
is an independent, non-profit, privacy initiative dedicated to building
users' trust and confidence on the Internet, and in so doing, accelerating
growth of the Internet industry.
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| Persona |
Lets
users build their own personal profiles which they can pass along
to certified sites. Consumer personal information control, gives
you peace of mind so you can surf the Web knowing that your information
is protected and under your control at all times.
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| WebTrust |
WebTrust
certificate displayed on your Website after an examination by a
licensed CPA or chartered accountant. According to the principles
of the WebTrust program, these sites are periodically examined by
a WebTrust licensed CPA to ensure compliance with the WebTrust principles,
which include: Business Practices Disclosure, Transaction Integrity,
Information Protection.
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| Electronic
Frontier Foundation |
The
Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit organization working
to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources
and information online, and to promote responsibility in new media.
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| Encryption
Policy Resource |
This
site is dedicated to educating the public, press, and policy-makers
about the importance of encryption and the need for meaningful reform
of US encryption policy in a way that protects privacy and security
on the global information infrastructure.
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| Americans
for Computer Privacy |
A
coalition of Americans from all walks of life that are concerned
with computer privacy and the availability of encryption technology
to protect privacy.
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| Article:
Is Privacy Inevitable_ |
If
you collect user information for one-to-one web marketing use, online
privacy is equally as important as the technology you implement
and the marketing messages you create for your personalized web
campaign.
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| Privacy
Article |
Balancing
privacy with businesses ability to collect data and better serve
the customer with personalized attention. 3/99 |
| Privacy
Article |
Saving
Private Data article about implementing a privacy policy. It has
a good section at the end "Full Disclosure: How to know what
your online privacy policy should reveal." |
| ECRC
Cookies page |
The
ECRC's Cookies page. What are cookies_ How are they used_ Are cookies
harmful_
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| ECRC
Personalization page |
ECRC's
Personalization page with many personalization resources.
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| ECRC
Legal page |
ECRC's
Legal page including resources on Intellectual Property Rights,
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Fair Use.
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