When most people surf the Net, they assume nobody knows where they go or what they do. Cyberspace blinks with thousands of electronic eyes that watch your every move, tracking where you're from, where you go, how long you stay. These are all new revelations, even though it's been going on for a while.
People think they're invisible.
If your visits to a cigarette company's Web site result in getting discount coupons you may not mind, Goldman notes, but if your insurance company gets the information and decides to raise the premiums of people believed to be smokers, you may be more concerned. Used in conjunction with lists and information from other sites . . . With the explosive growth of the Internet, private sector issues have become even more serious. . . . It's important that some controls be placed on those activities. Businesses agree privacy is important but say it shouldn't be the only concern.