What is CIPEA or the Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act?
On Wednesday, 26.Jul.2000, Senators Spence Abraham, John McCain and John Kerry introduced the Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act. This proposed legislation is a long way from a law. However, my site complied on the day this legislation was introduced. I created and posted this page within a week of the introduction of this new law. I’ve revised it since, but I like to think it was one of the very first CIPEA compliance pages on the net. The article on IDG.net describes the bill: Under the provisions of the bill, Web sites would have to divulge how they plan to use consumers’ personal data collected from Net surfers. The bill would require companies to describe exactly who is collecting the information, how the information will be used, the types of information collected and whether personal information is required to use the site. The Web sites also would have to take steps to secure the personal information once it’s in their databases. The bill will also require Web sites to p
