Congratulations to the Fall 2001 class for an excellent semester.
eCommerce will return next year.
Online Privacy II:
Collective Regulation: Standards, Seal Programs & Statutes
R E A D I N G S
In this class, we'll turn our attention
to one set of models that have been suggested as the basis for addressing
online privacy. These models can be loosely groupsed under the heading
of "collective regulation", because they each seek to
create widespread and subsantially uniform privacy practices. These
models include:
1. Self-Regulation: The use of "best
practices" and "industry standards" to define privacy
protections.
2. Third-Party Regulation: "Seal Programs"
and other private third-party appraoches to online privacy.
3. Government Regulation:
Statutory privacy rules and standards.
As you read, consider what "we're"
looking for in online privacy protections. What is the real problem
we need to address? Which of the models best meets these requirements,
if any?