[Am-info] Way 'ta go Jesse!

[Eric M. Hopper]

On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 13:13, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> The Minnesota law requires Web-site operators to place a 
> "conspicuous" notice on their Web pages disclosing the steps 
> consumers can take to prevent disclosure of personal data. The 
> law lets operators choose whether consumers will "opt in" or "opt 
> out" of further disclosure. Opt in means consumers must give 
> their permission before their data is distributed, while the 
> opt-out option lets operators use the data unless consumers 
> specifically prohibit such sharing. 
> 
> In addition to regulating Internet privacy, the law will require 
> senders of junk E-mail, or spam, to include "ADV" in the subject 
> line of messages to identify them as advertisements. Ads with 
> sexual content must include "ADV-ADULT" in the subject line. 

	I rather like Jesse.  Just the right kind of rabble rouser.  What's
really amusing is that Jesse is fiscally more conservative than most of
our republicans, but this law would never have happened with a
republican governor.

	Anyway, this doesn't have too much to do with Microsoft, aside from the
fact that I'm sure Microsoft (especially with hotmail and MSN) is much
less candid than they ought to be about grabbing peoples info and
passing it around.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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