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The law and the Internet – Wild west or not? Although some people seem to think otherwise, the Internet is not outside the law. In fact the Net is regulated by the same laws that apply to communication or trade in any medium, and anyone using it should be aware that they could find themselves breaking […]

September 2000 – Congressional investigators say in a September 2000 report that a huge majority of federal Web sites fail to measure up to the Federal Trade Commission’s standards for Internet privacy, including the FTC’s own site. At the behest of legislators, the General Accounting Office graded 65 of the government’s most popular World Wide Web […]

Parents are paying the price for their children’s filesharing activities. April 20, 2005 – As the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) scales up its fight against people who download copyright music files, it said around a third of the internet account holders now facing legal action are thought to be parents whose accounts have been used to […]

Does your web site collect information? Does your web site post a privacy policy? If not, post one today. Here’s how: Consumers and government regulators are looking at web sites to determine how well business protects consumer privacy. The first thing they look for is a prominently posted and clearly written privacy policy. The Online […]

What is the Online Privacy Alliance? The Online Privacy Alliance (www.privacyalliance.org) is a cross-industry coalition of more than 80 global companies and associations committed to promoting the privacy of individuals online. The Alliance is an ad hoc organization. Its sole purpose is to work over the coming year to define privacy policy for the new […]

Snooping over the electronic medium is one of the most complicated issues generated by the growth of the internet. People still value privacy and would not like friends, employers, companies or governments to pry into their affairs. There are countries where the right of privacy is very well-developed, and email snooping is a very touchy […]