Online Privacy: Related Web Sites

  • Kidz Privacy - Designed to educate kids, parents, and businesses about the privacy rights of children online. From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
  • TRUSTe - independent, non-profit privacy initiative dedicated to building users' trust and confidence on the Internet and accelerating growth of the Internet industry.
  • Center for Democracy & Technology: Data Privacy - working for individual privacy on the Internet; believes that individuals should be able to make informed, meaningful choices about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
  • Online Privacy Alliance - Group of companies and associations who have come together to introduce and promote business-wide actions that create an environment of trust and foster the protection of individuals' privacy online.
  • Beyond Concern: Understanding Net Users' Attitudes About Online Privacy - April 1999 study that suggests numerous approaches may be needed for people to feel secure about the privacy of their personal information on the Internet. From AT&T Labs.
  • Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Study - June 1999 assessment of the extent to which U.S. consumer-oriented web sites disclose their information practices and policies. [PDF]Thu, May 13, 1999
  • Privacy in the Digital Age:  A Resource for Internet Users - report prepared by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, released September 2000. [PDF]Thu, Sep 21, 2000