1. Computing

Privacy and the Web

Privacy is very important to people in this age of identity theft. It sometimes seems that it's nearly impossible to keep private things private while still going about your daily life. Ethical Web developers have a duty to maintain privacy for their customers, and these links will help you.
  1. COPPA (4)
  2. Cookies
  3. P3P

Are You Invading Your Customers' Privacy?
Many websites require some information that might be considered private. But is it really important that it be required? Learn what calls are private and get suggestions for how to decide if you should use them.

Privacy Policies and P3P
How to write an automated privacy policy.

Help Safeguard Your Privacy on the Web
IE 6 gives you a way to help safeguard your privacy by managing the cookies you set, and reviewing the privacy policies of Web sites.

EPIC - Tools for Protecting Online Privacy
There are a lot of tools you can use to protect your privacy, from secure email clients to anonymizing Web browsing tools.

Discuss in my forum

©2013 About.com. All rights reserved.