Privacy Heat Generates Little Light

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Privacy and security are topics I've been ...
closely for overtwo years online and off. I know I've seen some rather vehement ...
opinions voiced on Privacy and I've watched ... very Privacy and security are topics I've been following closely for overtwo years online and off.
I know I've seen some rather vehement andheated opinions voiced on Privacy and I've watched otherwise verylevel-headed discussions turn rather boistrous when privacy issuescome up in conversations of internet industry marketing or securityveterans.An innocent comment on spam can cause unimaginable eruptions ofheated emotions at a internet professional gathering. Vast hotelballrooms overflow at web conferences to hear panel discussionson IT infrastructure security issues since September 11, 2001.Databases of customer information have been fought over in dot combankruptcies while accidental exposures of private information isunwittingly made public by simple human error handling email soft-ware.
Privacy issues made DoubleClick famous overnight.I watched two episodes of the popular network television show"Law and Order" just this month that dealt with innocent death dueto a hacker killing diabetics in one show and a stalker accessingprivate information purchased from datamining profiteers to killan innocent in another show. These programs are supposedly basedon real-life cases.
Privacy issues have made it to Prime-Time on 60 Minutes repeatedly, from identity theft to facial recognitionsoftware to airport security matters.What permission is presumed given by subscribers when they join adiscussion list as to Privacy concerns? Do you include their emailaddress on subscriber posts? Do you have permission to contact themfor stand-alone ads from list advertisers? Does your web site privacy policy apply to your list subscribers and if not, can you then archivethe list online? What if you remove those email addresses beforearchiving?Privacy has been a growing topic of concern among the US publicsince 11 September. Harris found that 91% of US consumers saythey would be more likely to do business with a company thatverified its privacy practices with a third party.
20020222_harris.html> Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mike Banks Valentine is the Moderator of the newly launchedDiscussion list from Adventive.com called I-PrivacySubscribe http://www.adventive.com/subscribe/subscription.htmlPrivacy is Good Business Onlinehttp://www.adventive.com/lists/iprivacy/summary.html Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com .