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Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 (Introduced in the House) HR 3560.
If passed, this law would require that the Federal Trade Commission protect the privacy of personal information collected from and about individuals who are not covered by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 on the Internet. This law would provide greater individual control over the collection and use of that information, and for other purposes.
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1. The purpose of this law is to regulate a web sites unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
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2. REGULATIONS
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This bill would require the web site to:
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i) Provide notice on its web site in a clear and conspicuous manner, of the identity of the operator, what personal information is collected by the web site operator, how the operator uses such information, and what information may be shared with other companies; and
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ii)Provide meaningful and simple online process for individuals to consent to or limit the disclosure of personal information for purposes unrelated to those for which such information was obtained or described in the notice under clause i
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This bill also requires the web site to:
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Provide a description of the specific types of personal information collected by the operator that was sold or transferred to an external company
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