Ralph Nader has taken up a new cause: Guarding Internet users from online fraud and invasion of privacy. And he's proposed a bill of rights that would guarantee their protection. Tuesday, Nader endorsed the proposal in Santa Monica, Calif. The proposal's . . .
Ralph Nader has taken up a new cause: Guarding Internet users from online fraud and invasion of privacy. And he's proposed a bill of rights that would guarantee their protection. Tuesday, Nader endorsed the proposal in Santa Monica, Calif. The proposal's aim is "to provide across-the-board protection for all e-commerce transactions and rigid prohibitions against sharing personal information," according to a statement. It originated from opposition to the Third Millennium Digital Commerce Act passed by the U.S. House of Representives in late 1999.

Internet fraud is on the rise, according to a recent FBI report, and California is the breeding ground. About 20 percent of business fraud and 17 percent of individual fraud originates there, and 15 percent of all known Internet fraud victims live in the state.

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