New Privacy Policy Survey
Internet sites appear to be collecting less personal information from consumers and doing a slightly better job explaining how Web sites use such sensitive data, according to a survey by an opponent of new privacy laws. The Progress and Freedom Foundation, a Washington think tank, said Wednesday that its survey of 300 Web sites picked at random and 85 more of the Internet's most-popular sites showed about eight in 10 of the most-popular collected personal information from consumers other than e-mail addresses. A similar study in 2000 showed a higher number. The study suggests that firms are responding to consumer concerns and that they may also have overestimated the economic value of collecting personal information. Progress & Freedom Foundation Report (pdf).
Survey: Web Sites Collect Less Data, Associated Press, March 27, 2002
Survey: Internet Users Have More Contol Over How Data Is Used Washington Post, March 27, 2002.
FTC Report from May 2000.
