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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: FTC childrens privacy regs will hurt the little
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- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:18:00 +0100
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:49:12 -0400
To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: FTC childrens privacy regs will hurt the little guy
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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20851.html
Harsh Regs Hurt the Little Guy
by Declan McCullagh
2:45 p.m. 20.Jul.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- New federal legislation
will force start-up Web sites devoted to
children to charge for access or go out of
business, entrepreneurs said Tuesday at
a Federal Trade Commission hearing.
"A small Web site cannot survive," said
Steven Bryan, CEO of children's portal
site zeeks.com.
He said the liberal groups that champion
government regulation have seriously
underestimated the cost of mailing letters
to parents asking for permission to give
children accounts on sites -- which is one
proposal the FTC is considering.
[...]
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20832.html
Feds Tackle Online Privacy
by Declan McCullagh
8:17 a.m. 20.Jul.99.PDT
WASHINGTON -- Legislators and
bureaucrats will spend Tuesday and
Wednesday at hearings devoted to the
task of protecting privacy in an
increasingly interconnected world.
But one key question remains: Even if it is
a problem, what should the US
government do in a country not known
for its love of regulation?
[...]
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