Starting next year, Web sites that violate user privacy are going to find themselves under an embarrassing cyberspotlight. The sites will be targeted by a new technology known as the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, or P3P. Developed by several companies . . .
Starting next year, Web sites that violate user privacy are going to find themselves under an embarrassing cyberspotlight. The sites will be targeted by a new technology known as the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, or P3P. Developed by several companies and privacy advocates in conjunction with the standards-setting World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the technology will alert surfers whenever they encounter Web sites that seek to collect more data than the user wants to share.

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