Nobody said that free speech would never make anybody nervous. You're a Dog. But it isn't true.
Web sites offering fun and games collect information from hapless children.
Technology enables operators of web sites to collect information about the equipment and software you are using to access their site, to learn your email address, to track your visits to other sites, and to record what content you view there. This information could be supplemented with that from other sources, such as records of credit card transactions, to provide detailed profiles of customer buying patterns. This prospect angers a lot of people. Many privacy advocates support the idea that businesses should not be permitted to compile or transfer information about a customer's buying habits without the customer's knowledge or consent. This article explores this conflict between privacy and the free flow of information.