IBM STEPS UP ON PRIVACY.

Advertising Age, April, 1999

Congratulations to IBM Corp. for taking the lead among Internet advertisers in prodding Web sites to adopt privacy policies and to clearly disclose them to Web users. Now it's time for Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Procter & Gamble Co. and other major Web advertisers to follow IBM's lead and get more sites to address the privacy issue.

IBM's decision to spend its Web ad dollars in North America only with sites that present a clearly stated privacy policy immediately gets the attention of site operators and is a big step in the right direction. Given the unsettled state of privacy protections on the Web, consumers have good reason to be confused-and concerned-about what happens with their personal information when they visit Web sites. It's a problem technology...

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