How will P3P work?
The first implementations of P3P have not yet been released publicly, so we don’t have details about how it will look to Net users. We do know that P3P will probably be incorporated into Internet browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer, and perhaps will be used in other Internet software. The P3P protocol does state that the software must install with the maximum “privacy” as the default. Users will provide their personal information (name, address, etc.), probably in a form, and will indicate their “privacy preferences.” When the user surfs to a Web site that uses P3P, the data request of the Web site will be compared to the user’s preferences. If they match, the requested data will either be transmitted to the Web site or the user will be asked to fill a form with the information.
