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Online Privacy Protection

其他書名	Issues and Developments
出版	Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2001
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Lg_VjwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋It is routinely acknowledged that the success of the Internet and electronic commerce depends upon the resolution of issues related to the privacy of online personal information. This paper discusses some potential threats to the privacy of online personal information, and efforts by businesses, governments, and citizens to respond to them. The paper also provides an overview of the legal framework for the protection of personal information. The Constitution protects the privacy of personal information in a limited number of ways, and extends only to the protection of the individual against government intrusions. Any limitations placed on the data processing activities of the private sector will be found not in the Constitution but in federal or state law. With the exception of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, none of these laws specifically covers the collection of online personal information. The Commission issued a report to Congress in July 1999 on Self-Regulation and Online Privacy and found that the vast majority of the sites surveyed collect personal information from consumers online, and that the implementation of fair information practices is not widespread. The FTC issued a new report in May 2000 after another survey of web sites. Notwithstanding measurable gains since the 1999 report to Congress, a majority of the Commission found that self-regulation alone, without some legislation, is unlikely to provide online consumers with the level of protection they seek and deserve, and recommended that Congress consider legislation to complement self-regulation.