| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 5, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| SPECIAL REPORT
The Price of Privacy: Your Family RISK Are your children on the Net? Do you know who they chat with and what information they surrender when they answer surveys or make purchases? And what about school? Once they're in a database, report cards from kindergarten can follow your kids for life. REMEDY Stiff laws are being considered that would curb requests for personal data from children. TRADE-OFF Your child can survey the entire world on the Net. Be careful you don't erect walls just when you should be tearing them down. THE MOTHER Under pressure to cut costs, schools are building new databases, says Gayle Cloud. ''They snoop your credit and medical records--and now your kids. Where is it going to stop?'' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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