Friend, You may wish to inform yourself about the FTC Privacy Initia- tive: The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a "Privacy Initia- tive" to investigate whether the information collected at web- sites (either that affirmatively submitted by a visitor via a form or information collected based upon a visitor's selection of pages at a site to reflect personal interests) should be the subject of regulation by the FTC. To get background on this effort, you may want to read a speech by FTC Commissioner Varney on Electronic Commerce and Privacy which is available at the FTC's site under speeches http://www.ftc.gov or [at] the Advertising Law Internet Site http;//www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html under speeches. This week the staff of the FTC established a mailing list to allow interested parties to discuss the issues surrounding the privacy interests of consumers visiting web sites. To subscribe, send the message subscribe to privacy-request@ftc.gov ---- The above is an excerpt from a 12 20 95 message to another list. Cordially, Jim