Expansion of the Business Practices Disclosures Principle to include information on how to resolve complaints. Expansion of the Information Protection Principle to require that an online business maintain controls over the collection of data and provide consumers with a choice as to how information collected from them online will be used and provide the option to opt out of any undesired use of that information. Expansion of the Information Protection Principle to require that an online business maintain controls to ensure that information collected from consumers is accurate and complete for its intended use and that consumers can review and arrange for the correction of any incorrect data maintained by the online business. Expansion of the Information Protection Principle to require that an online business maintain controls to determine the integrity and security policies of third parties to which information is transferred. Version 2.0 of the WebTrust SM Principles and Criteria is effective for examination periods beginning after Dec. 31, 1999.
Earlier adoption is encouraged.
Also released was the WebTrust-ISP SM Principles and Criteria. The WebTrust-ISP SM Seal of assurance is a symbolic representation of a practitioner's unqualified report. This seal would be displayed on the ISP's Web site together with links to the practitioner's report and other relevant information.