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Privacy's Price

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The potential for abuse - advertisers, for instance, could soon pinpoint cell-phone users and beam them messages based on their shopping habits - has prompted Congress to consider a series of bills that, taken together, would dramatically restrict retailers, . . .

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Web Businesses Urged To Protect Privacy

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Privacy protections will increasingly be seen as a way to add value and build brand loyalty, business leaders said Tuesday. Consumers want more customized services for promoting products and services they are interested in, said John Kamp, counsel for the CPExchange . . .

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All That Data, All That Secrecy

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If you showed up at the Federal Trade Commission's workshop on the privacy implications of database marketing Tuesday, the answer is probably still no. The Commission took a hard look at the likes of Acxiom and Abacus, massive marketing databases that . . .

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E-mail encryption use low despite potential for snooping

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Elana Kehoe doesn't like the idea of governments and hackers reading her e-mail as it traverses the Internet. So a few weeks ago, she installed a tool to scramble her messages. But she's having trouble using Pretty Good Privacy encryption. She knows of only four other PGP users, including her husband, Brendan. That means everything else goes through regular e-mail, which is as private as sending a postcard. . . .

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Want Info? Feds Happy to Share

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The government should examine its own privacy practices before pointing a finger at the commercial sector, a report published Monday said. "The Federal government is the largest collector and user of citizens' personal and private information," said Jim Harper, operator . . .

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