BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 26, 2000 ISSUE
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY A User's Guide to P3P WHAT IS P3P? Software that tells a Net user what kind of personal data a Web site collects. HOW DOES IT WORK? First, you tell P3P which personal data you want to release. Then, upon entering a site, you are alerted if the site wants more-- and what it will do with the info if you cough it up. HOW DOES A USER GET P3P? It will be added to certain browsers at no cost, and users will also be able to download it for free off the Web. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Commentary: Privacy: Don't Ask Technology to Do the Job TABLE: A User's Guide to P3P INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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