At 12:07 AM -0400 6/6/98, Marshall Kragen wrote:
>Their concern is that 89% of the sites
>geared for children that they visited collected information from them
>without making any privacy statement. What they want is for their parents
>to sign off on this, knowing that's difficult to do. So their alternative
>is to block such data collection on these sites. They pointed out a site
>that asks if the kids have their own savings accounts, if they have been
>given stocks or bonds as presents, and if so by whom, and similar
>questions.
well I know the FTC has been investigating privacy intrusions - didn't know
it also focused on what kiddie sites are capturing. more power to 'em ...
as much as i understand the 'let the buyer beware' mentality among net
oldies ... we cannot expect people who are new to the medium -- and who
have not a clue about the extent of privacy invasion that is
technologically possible -- to be victims because they are technologically
naive.
personally -- when a site asks me for info of any kind - and i can't easily
find a privacy statement -- i dash off a nasty gram. but i've been online
since 94.
Kathy
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