[atlarge-discuss] Netscape Pays $100,000 To Settle Privacy Issue

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

All fellow members or other interested parties,

  On the privacy front see:
 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/1042228
 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59243,00.html

Excerpts:

crazyhorse44 writes ""The New York Attorney General's office said on
Friday Netscape would pay $100,000 as part of a settlement of 
complaints about a feature used by the unit of America Online 
to track what users downloaded online. Netscape, once the browser 
pioneer that has fallen second to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet 
Explorer in recent years, would also delete all URLs and related 
data it has obtained through its SmartDownload browser software and
undergo privacy audits, the Attorney General's office said. The
settlement comes after a two-year probe, begun in 2002, into 
Netscape's collection and retention of information that identified 
files downloaded by users, which contradicted its statement
to consumers that none of the information was saved."

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  And so the privacy war continues and wins yet another
battle...

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 131k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others" -
    Pierre Abelard
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E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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