Abstract: . . .  protection that comes with regulatory structure, he said, horror stories will accumulate and damage will be done and "your stock valuation will continue to sink into the sunset." The companies, he said, will have to prove to consumers that giving up privacy is a trade something companies can prove will repay them in convenience and services, without the nasty surprises of seeing the information leak out into the broader world. "The worst thing we could do to you," he said, . . .
. . .  said, will have to prove to consumers that giving up privacy is a trade something companies can prove will repay them in convenience and services, without the nasty surprises of seeing the information leak out into the broader world. "The worst thing we could do to you," he said, "is to do nothing." 3 of 3 9/7/01 9:43 AM Government Is Wary of Tackling Online Privacy http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/06/technology/...  . . .
. . .  Last year, the Clinton administration, for example, prohibited the use of cookies on any federal Web site without permission from the head of the site's agency a decree that ignored the usefulness of cookies in helping visitors to a Web site remember where they have been and to ease their navigation. "I think the government has swung too far," said Mr. Rotenberg, the privacy advocate. "Everything is without any historical dimension. It's, 'Help! There's a cookie . . .
. . .  Click Here to Receive 50% Off Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company | Privacy Information 4 of 4 9/7/01 9:43 AM Giving the Web a Memory Cost Its Users Privacy http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/04/technology/... Page 5 SEP 05, 2001 As Big PC Brother Watches, Users Encounter Frustration By JOHN SCHWARTZ  . . .
. . .  privacy ." Mr. Hahn defends his study, saying that if anything, the estimates are conservative. He has also drawn attention recently with a study suggesting that the benefits of lowering arsenic levels in drinking water would not justify the costs. "I made my best assessment," he said. The price of inaction, however, could be precisely the kind of overreaction that Senator Leahy warns against, legislative experts say. Highly visible violations of privacy have tended to . . .
. . .  army of lobbyists that surround our president can make this issue go away." He suggested that the crisis- to-crisis collage of laws should be reshaped into "a legal framework that sets out how these technologies are used." Business itself could lead the charge for legislation, said Mr. Gellman, the privacy consultant especially if the federal lawmakers are reluctant to act and states take up the issue. That could lead to a patchwork of inconsistent and even conflicting . . .
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