For Your Information: February 3, 2000
The Federal Trade Commission
today announced the following bad actions:
Public statement
on the FTC's 2000 Online Privacy Survey:
- Later this month, the
FTC will conduct a survey of U.S. commercial Web sites to determine
the extent to which these sites are collecting personal information
from online consumers and implementing fair information practices
of notice, choice, access and security. The survey will include
a random sample drawn from a list of the busiest sites on the World
Wide Web, compiled by the Nielsen//NetRatings service for the month
of January 2000, as well as a census of all of the 100 busiest sites
on the Nielsen//NetRatings list. Commission staff will assess Web
sites' compliance with fair information practices by analyzing the
sites' stated policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure
of personal information gathered from consumers online.
Copies of this
press release are available from the FTC's web site at http://www.ftc.gov/
and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; 877-FTC Help (877-382-4357); TDD
for the hearing impaired 202-326-2502. To find out the latest news
as it is announced, call the FTC NewsPhone recording at 202-326-2710.
- MEDIA
CONTACT:
- Claudia Bourne Farrell
- Office of Public
Affairs
- 202-326-2181
(FYI 07.2000.MJK)
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