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To: Claude Cormier who wrote (67923)	4/19/2001 4:05:47 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 116762

FYI Web Site Privacy Violations Concern Senator Tuesday April 17 4:29 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator is calling on federal agencies to comply with Internet privacy standards enacted by the government last summer, saying many have been found violating federal policy. Sen. Fred Thompson (news - bio - voting record), a Tennessee Republican, said Monday that preliminary reports from federal agencies show that many government Web sites violate existing federal policy through the use a technology called ``cookies'' to track visitors' actions. Others do not display privacy policies to let visitors know how personal information is used. ``The federal government should be setting the standard for privacy protection in the Information Age,'' Thompson said in a press release. Thompson, who chairs the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (news - web sites), said he would seek to set up a commission to look at government privacy practices when Congress returns from its Easter recess next week. A spending bill passed last year contained a provision that required each agency to report to Congress how it gathers personal information on its Web sites. Although fewer than a third of the reports have been presented, Thompson said they uncovered many violations. Thompson said 64 government sites employ cookies that could remain on visitors' computer hard drives for years, theoretically enabling the government to track their Web movements long after they have left the site. In addition, nine Education Department pages collected visitors' e-mail addresses without their knowledge, Thompson said. dailynews.yahoo.com * * *