CNNfn.com to Provide Special Report on Internet Privacy Issues.Hi-Tech hi-tech adj. Variant of high-tech. hi-tech Adjective using sophisticated, esp. electronic, technology Adj. 1. & Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 CNNfn.com, the financial news Web site, will provide a special series of in-depth in-depth adj. Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study. in-depth Adjective detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis stories on Internet privacy Internet privacy consists of privacy over the media of the Internet: the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information. issues, Net Privacy, Who's who's 1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. Watching You?, beginning Monday Monday: see week. , March 6. The series is being presented in conjunction with CNN's Moneyline Moneyline may refer to:
The CNNfn.com series will be available at http://cnnfn.com/news/specials/internet_privacy/. Highlights of the online series include:
-- Monday, March 6: Privacy issues in both the online and offline
worlds, including the gaps in existing privacy regulations,
Europe's different approach to the subject, the dollar value that
the private sector places on privacy and the technology being
developed to protect online privacy. A separate story will
examine the recent privacy controversy surrounding the Internet
advertising firm DoubleClick.
-- Tuesday, March 7: Ways Internet users can remain anonymous.
-- Wednesday, March 8: Internet privacy legislation, and what
Congress, the individual states and the FTC are doing to regulate
the collection of personal information by Web-based companies.
-- Thursday, March 9: Online banking privacy and the types of
information that financial services companies are sharing about
individuals' financial records.
-- Friday, March 10: Privacy and the media industry, including what
online and offline media giants know about individuals' listening
and reading choices.
-- Monday, March 13: Resources for entrepreneurs developing privacy
policies for their Web sites. The site will also feature an
interview with David Brin, New York Times best-selling novelist
and author of the nonfiction book, The Transparent Society. Brin
argues that attempts to hide information are doomed to failure
and that secrecy rules would reduce the accountability of the
wealthy and powerful.
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