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Subject: IP: UPenn privacy study says kids sell out parents; financial privacy
> >>Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:48:13 -0700 >>Subject: paper by Richard Rahn >>From: "Margaret Rogers" <mrogers@noveconfinancial.com> >>To: declan@well.com >> >>Dear Declan, >> >>I thought that your readers might be interested in Dr. Rahn's recent paper >>about financial privacy and anti-money laundering legislation,"End the "Bank >>Anti-Secrecy" Assault on Financial Privacy" which has been published on the >>Competitive Enterprise Institute's website. The paper can be found at: >> >>http://www.cei.org/OnPointReader.asp?ID=980. > >********** > >>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:42:59 -0400 >>From: "Christopher D. Hunter" <chunter@asc.upenn.edu> >>Organization: University of Pennsylvania >>To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> >>Subject: new privacy study >> >>Declan, >> >>Politech readers may be interested in the results of the Annenberg >>Public Policy Center's "The Internet and The Family 2000" survey. The >>most interesting results show a major disconnect between what >>information parents would allow their children to release to web sites, >>and what information children (and teens) think is okay to release. >> >>press release: >>http://www.appcpenn.org/final_release_fam.pdf >> >> >>full report: >>http://www.appcpenn.org/finalrepor_fam.pdf >> >> >>Best, >> >>Christopher D. Hunter >>Ph.D. Candidate >>Annenberg School for Communication >>University of Pennsylvania >>215-732-4612 >>chunter@asc.upenn.edu >>http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/chunter/ > >********** > >>From: "Rodger, William" <wrodger@usatoday.com> >>To: "'declan@well.com'" <declan@well.com> >>Subject: two-thirds of kids will sell out parents for online business inte >> rests >>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:02:54 -0400 >>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) >> >>Declan -- >> >>Here's an aspect of the privacy debate central to the COPPA law but >>conspicuously absent from your list. >> >> >>W. >> >> 05/16/00- Updated 07:18 AM ET >> >> >> >> >> Study: Kids offer facts online for gifts >> >> WASHINGTON (AP) - Many children feel comfortable giving >>out personal >> family information on the Internet in exchange for free >>gifts and sweepstakes, >> an independent study finds. >> >> In exchange for a free gift, about two-thirds of children >>ages 10-17 said they >> would provide commercial Web site operators with the names >>of their >> favorite stores and more than half would give their >>parents' favorites, >> according to the study released Tuesday by the University >>of Pennsylvania's >> Annenberg Public Policy Center. >> >> ''Parents need to better understand the Web's ability to >>track information, >> and kids need to be engaged in serious discussions with >>their parents about >> privacy and sharing information,'' said Joseph Turow, >>author of the report. >> >> ''Web sites have the ability to collect and bring together >>information and >> create a profile of kids and eventually their families.'' >> >> Nearly all parents questioned said their children should >>have parental >> consent before giving information online. >> >> While about three-quarters of the children agreed, their >>caution disappeared >> when enticed by a free gift, Turow said. > >[...] >Will Rodger Voice +1 703 >>558 3375 >>Technology Reporter Fax +1 703 558 >>3981 >>USATODAY.com http://tech.usatoday.com >> >>PGP 584D FD11 3035 0EC2 B35C AB16 D660 293F C7BE 3F62 >> > >************ > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology >To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html >This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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