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To: Thomas M. who wrote (20125)	5/30/2001 11:51:45 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

PRIVACY SITES. People seeking to protect their privacy can complete a single Web form to keep major advertising companies from collecting data about their Internet browsing and shopping habits. Under pressure to protect privacy better, the advertising industry last week set up two new Web sites networkadvertising.org and andersencompliance.com that allow computer users to opt out of having their personal data collected and profiled when they visit popular Web sites. In the past, users would need to visit Web sites individually to "opt out" of the profiling. But Andrew Shen of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center was skeptical. "Most Internet users still don't realize that such third-party profiling even exists," he said. Excerpted from: newsday.com