Department of Commerce Privacy Comments

Department of Commerce Comments were due July 6, 1998

Visit CDT's Privacy Guide for a crash course in online privacy!

Voice of the People (You!)

Recent Surveys show that Net users #1 concern is privacy. Yet a Federal Trade Commission report to Congress shows that business is not taking privacy seriously.

The US Department of Commerce has recently released a Privacy Elements Paper. They requested comments from advocates, industry and the general public. Comments were due by July 6, 1998.

The Department of Commerce has made your comments publicly available at the National Telecommunications and Information Andministration Web site.

We have left this page up as a reference for you.

The Commerce Department's Elements of Effective Self Regulation for the Protection of Privacy

Info & Papers

• Federal Trade Commission's June report to Congress on privacy online.
• A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce Policy paper which lays out the Clinton Administration's position on online commerce and privacy.
• The Federal Government's Ecommerce site
• Vice President Gore's Press Release on protecting citizen's privacy online.

International Standards

• The European Union Directive on Data Protection.
• European Union Working Document on Judging Industry Self-Regulation, a document describing some of the things a self-regulatory regime needs.
• Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Privacy Guidelines The document on which all susequent privacy policies have been based.
• Industry Canada and Justice Canada's report on crafting new privacy legislation. Which discusses the difficulties of a self-regulatory privacy regime.