On-line groups are offering up privacy plans
Article Abstract:
The Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. and the Alliance for Privacy, a group of 50 companies which includes Time Warner Inc., Walt Disney Co., American Online Inc., and International Business Machines Corp., have offered two plans to limit on-line privacy violations and prevent threatened government regulation. This attempt at industry self-regulation addresses fears of privacy violations by requiring companies to inform consumers of their data gathering and sharing procedures. Internet analysts and privacy advocates question the plan's weak enforcement provisions and anticipate future government intervention.
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Private industry plans to protect consumer's on-line privacy may not prevent government regulation
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Computer-industry group presents plan to regulate consumer privacy on-line
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The Online Privacy Alliance, a group of about 50 companies that includes International Business Machines Inc., America Online and Time Warner Inc., have announced its voluntary plan for the regulation of consumers' online privacy. The plan, which is intended to fend off federal regulation of the media industry, immediately came under fire from privacy advocates who criticized the plan as inadequate and complained that voluntary measures lacked a mechanism for the protection of consumer rights, such as redress.
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The Online Privacy Alliance, a group of about 50 companies that includes IBM, offers online privacy plan
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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Two rivals agree to join forces to measure audiences on the Web
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Media Metrix Inc. and RelevantKnowledge Inc. have reached an agreement to merge their operations. The two firms have been engaged in a lengthy dispute over the quality of their statistics. The merger is a response to large advertisers' demands for a single ratings standard. The merged company will be called Media Metrix Inc. A company board member will lead the firm. Media Metrix will be based in New York and Atlanta.
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Media Metrix Inc. and RelevantKnowledge Inc. to merge their operations
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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