| To help Web business survive and thrive, Kerry said he plans to push for a
| national "opt-out" privacy policy for all Web-based transactions except
| those involving financial data and medical information.
| Kerry said he plans to reintroduce a bill he cosponsored with Sens. John
| McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that would allow Web-based
| businesses to gather personal information on Internet users for
advertising
| purposes.
This sounds like US companies are already practicing opt-out policies. They
are opting to shell out large sums of cash to 'line Mr. Kerry's pockets'.
Mr. Kerry is, therefore, opting-in. ;)
| "What many Americans don't realize is that in the off-line world, they
have
| already lost most of their privacy," Kerry said during a breakfast meeting
| of the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council Inc. Friday morning. "If
| privacy is a right, and several Supreme Court cases suggest that it is to
an
| extent, then we have to make certain that the off-line world and the
online
| world are thinking about privacy in the same context."
Ohhhhhhh, I see. So this makes it all right. I mean, if our privacy is
being invaded off-line, might as well let companies do it online too .. I
mean, it's only fair .. Never mind what the Supreme Court said.
Todd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ang�l Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: US to take lead in levying Internet Taxes, and removing Privacy
Restrictions.
| Creating a fair playing field for both online and off-line businesses will
| require some level of Internet taxation and the ability by online
companies
| to gather personal user data for advertising purposes, Sen. John F. Kerry
| (D-Mass.) said today.
|
| To help Web business survive and thrive, Kerry said he plans to push for a
| national "opt-out" privacy policy for all Web-based transactions except
| those involving financial data and medical information.
| Kerry said he plans to reintroduce a bill he cosponsored with Sens. John
| McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that would allow Web-based
| businesses to gather personal information on Internet users for
advertising
| purposes.
|
| "What many Americans don't realize is that in the off-line world, they
have
| already lost most of their privacy," Kerry said during a breakfast meeting
| of the Massachusetts Software & Internet Council Inc. Friday morning. "If
| privacy is a right, and several Supreme Court cases suggest that it is to
an
| extent, then we have to make certain that the off-line world and the
online
| world are thinking about privacy in the same context."
|
| http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/22/kerry.taxes.idg/index.html
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
| --------
|
| So..let's see if I understand this.
|
| Groups have been fighting hell hard for the privacy of Internet users from
| intrusive and sometimes subversive tactics to get their personal
| information.
|
| Now this numbskull wants to pass a law that allows companies to do that by
| default, leaving it up to the user to Opt-Out...
|
| And he sites the spam we receive in our snail mail boxes, as a defence.
"You
| receive it by mail..might as well receive it in Email too.."
| Without even considering the vast differences in the medium involved.
|
| It costs next to nothing for someone to set up an email server, and fire
off
| a million email messages. Far far less than if that same person had to
print
| a catalogue etc. and then send it via UPS to your doorstep. That's why I
| would wager people receive far MORe email spam than they do regular spam
in
| their mailboxes.
|
| I always wonder, all these senators passing bills that affect
technology..do
| they actually use this technology themselves? I would strongly wager that
| they do not!
|
| To me, Advertising on the web has bottomed out because of overinflated
| expectations on the part of the Advertising Companies. They require users
to
| CLICK on their ads, and go to their pages before they pay the site. Do
they
| require a user to call a number on the Television before they pay the TV
| COmpany for running an AD? No!
| Why not? PEople on Television see the advertisement the same way that
people
| on a website see it...so why the big difference?
|
| I don't think people have a problem with sites getting aggregate data, but
| its the personal data that I don't want. I don't want a site storing my
| email address and linking that to where I've gone on the Internet. AMazon
| proved that so called Privacy Policies can change overnight, leaving you
and
| your personal data (Name, Phone Number, Living Address) up the river.
|
| Before this dimwit Senator tries to formulate some plan whereby these
| companies CAN collect data, WITH the consent of people, and NOT share
| personal data or sell it to anyone without first staying so on their
| website....he wants to remove all blocks and allow companies free sheet to
| do what they want with our information, by default.
|
| Who voted these people into office???
|
| Am I the only one who sees a problem with this???
|
| -Gel
|
|
|
|
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