I'll refrain from sharing any habits! I did have a look at the generator
though. I thought it was very long & complex & although a good idea in
principle, I did not think it was practically very useful.
Gail Waters
DP Coordinator
Open University
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> Sent: 10 November 1999 11:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Web-site privacy generator
>
>
>
>
> You might be interested in this little story we are running in Masons DP
> magazine which has just gone to the printers.
>
> C
>
>
> Home page privacy statement generator.
>
>
> The OECD has produced a privacy statement generator which you can test
> drive. Basically the generator is an educational tool designed to help
> businesses create draft privacy policies; it uses information about "their
>
> data collecting habits" to produce a policy which can then be posted on
> their own Web site. The Generator is a beta version which has been placed
> online for a public testing period; after this period, it will be
> discussed
> at the next meeting of the Working Party on Information Security and
> Privacy
> and it is likely that a final version will be developed next year.
> Although
> the deadline has officially just passed the Generator is still available
> on
> the OECD Web site so that comments from the public can still be
> considered.
> The Generator is available on the site
> <http://www.oecd.org/scripts/PW/PWHome.ASP> together with notes on
> background information there as well as the tool itself. Any comments you
>
> have (e.g. is it a useful concept, or not) would be greatly appreciated
> by
> them; send them to <[log in to unmask]>.
>
> ENDS
>
>
> P.S. Has anyone got any interesting "data collecting habits" they wish to
>
> share
>
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