A privacy group today issued a new set of industry guidelines to regulate the use of invisible technology that keeps tabs on Web site visitors. Web bugs, or clear GIFs, are tiny images embedded in a Web page or HTML-enhanced email that transmit information to a remote computer when the page is viewed. The U.S. policy of industry self-regulation for privacy came under fire from attendees representing five continents at a privacy summit here today. Conference organizer Gary Clayton, chief executive of the Privacy Council, opened the conference by saying there is a woeful lack of U.S. presence at global privacy summits, and it is important to bring U.S. policy-makers and businesses into the debate. All rights reserved.
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