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Top 10 Things Every Webmaster Should Know About Online Privacy
1. Online privacy is not monitored by the government. The industry has asserted that self regulations are the most efficient and effective means of creating online privacy protection.
2. You should make your information practices available to visitors in a prominent place on you websites home page. The notice about information practices on your website should […]
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CAN-SPAM Updates
On May 12, 2008 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an approved set of final rules modifying the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 after three years of considering feedback from industry participants. The FTC’s long awaited final rule provides marketers with a set of regulations that address some of CAN-SPAM’s biggest challenges. The regulations also align […]
Privacy Management Services
The information new technologies give will allow tracking of a lot of your personal, private information. One way to stop this is to use services that protect you from having your privacy invaded. The Federal Government launched a national Do Not Call List in 2003. This list allows people to take their home and […]
CAN-SPAM: Overview and 10 Things Every Marketer Should Know
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 was signed into law on December 16, 2003. It is the first national standard for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions. The acronym CAN-SPAM derives from the bill’s full name “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act” of […]
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What you need to know about COPPA
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)*, effective April 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons under 13 years of age. It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian and what responsibilities an operator has […]
Introducing the National Privacy Council
Welcome to the National Privacy Council. This is an organization dedicated to understanding online privacy, as well as advocating privacy law, rights for individuals and in general organizing privacy online, and as it relates to direct mail, email marketing and telemarketing.
