FTC: Online Privacy Policies Apply to Offline Practices
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official said at a recent marketing industry meeting that online privacy policies will govern a company�s offline data practices. The FTC may bring an enforcement action against a company if there is a disparity between its online and offline privacy practices, unless the company indicates that its online privacy policy does not apply to offline practices.Online Privacy Policies Apply To Offline Data Practices � FTC, Newsbytes, December 10, 2001.