Web site agrees to safeguards in first on-line privacy deal

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Geocities misled more than two million subscribers by forwarding personal data that its Web site had collected, according to the FTC. Both the company and FTC announced a settlement in the Government's first Internet-privacy action. Terms call for Geocities to post a new privacy statement that outlines its personal information usage. The company also promised to seek customer permission before passing along personal information that it had gathered during registration. Among the personal data are age, education, occupation income and personal interests. Geocities, which did not admit wrongdoing, offers a Web site that allows subscribers to customize Web pages, E-mail addresses and topics of interest. The FTC also said mentioned Geocities's 'deceptive practices,' in which the company submitted information on children who played games on its Web site.

Company legal issue, Cases, Privacy issue, Privacy, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Web site/Web page development, GeoCities, GCTY

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The meteoric rise of Web site designers; corporations with cyberfever demand a cutting-edge presence on line

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The surging popularity of the World Wide Web has turned Web page creation and production business into a major industry almost overnight. The market has grown so quickly over the last two years that statistics quantifying its significance are not yet available. Producing an online publication can cost over a million dollars annually, while a single corporate promotional site typically costs approximately $300,000 to build and maintain annually. HTML programmers typically earn $30,000 per year, while programmers with Perl or CGI skills can earn up to $100,000 per year putting databases online. While demand is generally expected to remain high for most Web programming skills, HTML coding may become obsolete with the advent of Web authoring software that obviates the need to know HTML.

Forecasts and trends, Employment, Market trend/market analysis, World Wide Web, Industry hiring, HTML (Document markup language), Programmer/Analysts, Programmer analysts, SGML/HTML, SGML (Document markup language)

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Pack dating: for a good time, call a crowd - on college campuses, many avoid pairing off

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Although casual sex is still common, many students seem to be too busy, too serious about their education, too wary of commitment, or afraid of sexually transmitted diseases, to pair off. A successful Brown Univ. computer dating service, and pack dating, are also analyzed.

Sexual behavior, Social aspects, Universities and colleges, College students, Dating services

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