It Takes Privacy-protection technology is rapidly being developed by firms like Microsoft and Yahoo. But, say policy advocates, this is just one of several elements needed to protect consumers online. Privacy advocates note some failing 'net companies are violating their own promises to safeguard the customer data they've amassed. Despite concerns raised by the European Parliament, the EU gives the nod to US privacy and security safeguards. At least for now.
Some Democratic officeholders claim to stake out the moral high ground on privacy.
Privacy is Paramount Executive summary of Ernst and Young's Monograph on Preparing Your Health Care Organization for the Emerging Federal Privacy Standards. Everyone's heard the fears about Big Brother and the Internet. Data mining, consumer profiling, terms abound. What most don't know, however, is how spectacularly unsuccessful most of these efforts are at telling advertisers what they really need to know. John C. Dvorak, writing in Forbes , warns against government solutions that solve nothing at all.