Online Privacy: Ensuring Consumers' Right To Know
Robin WebsterANA.Protection of consumer privacy both on and offline continues to be a topic of significant concern for industry, government, and the public alike. In the past six weeks, no less than three critical events related to the legislation of privacy-related issues have taken place. In late October, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule to implement the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). Additionally, a recent major revision to the nation's banking laws contains updated privacy provisions, while in the healthcare arena President Clinton has issued...