BBBOnLine Reliability Program Hits Milestone of 3,000 Members At Two-year Anniversary.ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- Applications for Newly-Launched Privacy Program Grow Beyond 300 BBBOnLine Provides Thousands of Companies With Effective Online Self-Regulation Programs BBBOnLine, a subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (CBBB CBBB Council of Better Business Bureaus CBBB Community British Brass Band ), today announced milestones for its two online seal programs that help growing numbers of consumers identify reliable, trustworthy businesses on the Internet. BBBOnLine's Reliability program, the first Internet seal program created by the respected and well-known Better Business Bureau system, reached a record-breaking milestone on its two-year anniversary by awarding its 3,000th online seal. The success of BBBOnLine's Reliability program has been a precursor precursor /pre·cur·sor/ (pre´kur-ser) something that precedes. In biological processes, a substance from which another, usually more active or mature, substance is formed. In clinical medicine, a sign or symptom that heralds another. to the rapid growth of the newly-launched BBBOnLine Privacy program. Introduced on March 17th of this year, BBBOnLine's Privacy program has 300 applications in process and has awarded 23 seals to companies that have met BBBOnLine's standards for fair online privacy policies and practices. The BBBOnLine Privacy program is a pillar pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member. It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an assemblage of juxtaposed shafts and moldings; unlike the column, in the system for Internet self-regulation that is being developed by the private sector. Progress toward achieving self-regulation in privacy will be measured this week when Georgetown University Georgetown University, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll, chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and is expected to release its latest online privacy survey that examines the expansion of privacy policies online. "We have awarded thousands of seals to sites that meet our high standards for customer satisfaction and truthful and accurate advertising," said Russell Bodoff, senior vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of BBBOnLine. "We're expecting the growth of our seal programs to mirror the huge growth of the Web. More and more sites are realizing that building trustworthy relationships on the Internet is good for business." Companies approved for participation in the Reliability program come from every part of the country and represent businesses of all sizes and every industrial sector. Among the 3,000 BBBOnLine Reliability participants are companies like CDNow, eBay, Travelocity, eToys and others who have earned the seal. "More than ever, businesses, both large and small, are realizing the incredible value that BBBOnLine brings to the Internet community," said Bojana Fazarinc, global marketing services and communications director with Hewlett-Packard and chair of the BBBOnLine Board of Directors. "Businesses and consumers know and trust the Better Business Bureau in the real world, and they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. that same familiar organization in the complex world of cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. ." The BBBOnLine Reliability seal, containing the recognizable BBB BBB A medium grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency to indicate an adequate ability to pay interest and repay principal. However, adverse developments are more likely to impair this ability than would be the case for bonds rated A and above. torch, allows browsers to quickly check background information on a participant and to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. that the company has a satisfactory record with the BBB. Companies qualifying for the seal must provide the BBB with information regarding company ownership and management, must have been in business for at least a year, must qualify for membership in the BBB and must allow an on-site visit by a representative of the BBB. The Privacy program, which is a complementary program run separately from the Reliability program, helps consumers identify web sites that treat personal data with care and respect. Displayed online as a blue-black-and-white combination lock containing a stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. globe, the Privacy Seal emblem is representative of BBBOnLine's comprehensive assessment process that assures a company complies with the program's strict privacy requirements and its sophisticated dispute resolution mechanism. BBBOnLine's seal programs continue the BBB's system's 86-year tradition of promoting the highest ethical relationship An ethical relationship, in most theories of ethics that employ the term, is a basic and trustworthy relationship that one has to another human being, that cannot necessarily be characterized in terms of any abstraction other than trust and common protection of each other's body. between businesses and consumers through voluntary self-regulation and consumer and business education. For more information on the Reliability program and on the Privacy program, visit the BBBOnLine web site at http://www.bbbonline.org . |
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