US FTC: FTC Chairman's statement in response to university's Internet privacy policy survey.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 May 1999-US FTC: FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky's statement in response to Georgetown University's Internet privacy policy survey (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120599 "Since 1995, the Federal Trade Commission has encouraged online firms to offer privacy protections to consumers to encourage broad participation in electronic commerce.

Last year, the FTC reported to Congress that its survey of all commercial web sites had found that only 14 percent posted any kind of information practice statement. Georgetown Business Professor Mary Culnan's survey, conducted in March of this year, found that 65.7 percent of web sites constituting 98.8 percent of consumer web traffic posted information practice statements. Professor Culnan's draft...