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FC: Intel To Make Web Sites Add Warnings

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Date:          Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:15:06 -0400
To:            politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From:          Adam Powell <apowell@freedomforum.org>
Subject:       FC: Intel To Make Web Sites Add Warnings
Reply-to:      declan@well.com

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990818/tc/intel_privacy_1.html

Wednesday August 18 6:08 PM ET 

Intel To Make Web Sites Add Warnings

WASHINGTON (AP) - Intel Corp. will require Internet sites that carry
its advertising - including its popular ``Intel Inside'' campaign - to
warn consumers what personal details are collected about them online,
the company said Wednesday.

The decision by the world's largest maker of computer processors is
the latest move to convince the federal government that the high-tech
industry can regulate itself and that new privacy laws are not needed
to protect consumers on the Internet...




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