Privacy Online:
A Report to Congress
Federal Trade Commission
June 1998
Federal Trade Commission
| Robert Pitofsky | Chairman |
| Mary L. Azcuenaga | Commissioner |
| Sheila F. Anthony | Commissioner |
| Mozelle W. Thompson | Commissioner |
| Orson Swindle | Commissioner |
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Authors
| Martha K. Landesberg | Division of Credit Practices |
| Toby Milgrom Levin | Division of Advertising Practices |
| Caroline G. Curtin | Division of Advertising Practices |
| Ori Lev | Division of Credit Practices |
Survey Advisors
| Manoj Hastak | Division of Advertising Practices |
| Louis Silversin | Bureau of Economics |
| Don M. Blumenthal | Litigation and Customer Support Center Information and Technology Management Office |
| George A. Pascoe | Litigation and Customer Support Center Information and Technology Management Office |
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
- II. History and Overview
- A. The Federal Trade Commission's Approach to Online Privacy
- B. Consumer Privacy Online
- C. Children's Privacy Online
- III. Fair Information Practice Principles
- A. Fair Information Practice Principles Generally
- B. Application of Fair Information Practice Principles to Information Collected From Children
- IV. Industry Association Guidelines
- A. Industry Association Guidelines
- B. Guidelines Regarding Children's Information
- V. Survey of Commercial Web Sites
- A. Overview
- B. General Survey Findings
- C. Children's Survey Findings
VI. Conclusions
Appendix A: Methodology [PDF, 33K]
Appendix B: Surfer Instructions (General and Children's Surveys) [PDF, 34K]
Appendix C: Survey Samples and Results [PDF, 2.6M]
Appendix D: Supporting Data Tables [PDF, 60K]
Appendix E: Industry Guidelines [PDF, 6.9M]