Lawchek® - Privacy on the Internet

Privacy Policies on the Web

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
http://www.aicpa.org/webtrust/index.htm
The CPA Web Trust Seal will identify trustworthy sites that handle online consumer information. Includes speeches, articles and specifics, such as the principles and criteria for certification.

Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Survey: Report to the Federal Trade Commission
http://www.msb.edu/faculty/culnanm/gippshome.html
Last year Professor Mary J. Culnan of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University published the results of their own Privacy Policy research. They studied who had privacy policies, what information was gathered, and how informative sites were about telling their consumer what they do with the collected information.

online privacy alliance
http://www.privacyalliance.org/
A group of corporations and associations who promote business actions that "create an environment of trust and foster the protection of individuals' privacy online." Find out what should be in a Privacy Policy and if you have your own business, whether your policy is addressing concerns of consumers.

PrivacyRatings.org
http://www.privacyratings.org
Look at the privacy policies of different sites. Who promotes them, who has them, and who doesn't mention it.

TRUSTe: Building a Web You Can Believe In
http://www.truste.org/
For Web Users, find out what to look for in privacy policies and which sites are joining up. For Web Publishers, there is a step by step guide for creating your own privacy policy on your site. There are also selections of consumer and general privacy news.

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