Federal Trade Commission
Public Workshop on Consumer Information Privacy

Consumer Privacy 1997 ¾
Request to Participate, P954807

James E. Pitkow
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Palo Alto California 94304
phone: 415-812-4941
fax: 415-812-4241

Colleen M. Kehoe
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta Georgia 30332
phone: 404-894-6266
fax: 404-894-0673


Table of Contents

Overview of Comments

Session Two: Consumer Online Privacy

  • Information Collection and Use - Question: 2.2
  • Session Two: Consumer Online Privacy

  • Information Collection and Use - Question: 2.4
  • Session Two: Consumer Online Privacy

  • Information Collection and Use - Question: 2.5
  • Session Two: Consumer Online Privacy

  • Unsolicited Commercial Email - Question: 2.17
  • Appendix I: GVU’s Sixth WWW User Survey Results

  • Executive Summary, Background, & Methodology

    Executive Summary
    Survey Methodology

  • Appendix II: GVU’s Sixth WWW User Survey Results

  • General Demographics

    Actual Job
    Age
    State or Country
    Education Attainment
    Falsification Of Information
    Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host
    Gender
    Household Income
    How You Heard About Survey
    Major Geographical Location
    Major Occupation
    Marital Status
    Monitor Screen Size
    Most Import Issue Facing The Internet
    Online Services Subscribed To
    Political Party
    Presidential Candidate
    Primary Computing Platform
    Primary Language
    Primary Place Of Access
    Race
    Registered To Vote
    Since Getting On The Net I Have Become
    Voting Behavior
    Webs Impact On Language And Culture
    Who Pays For Access
    Willingness To Pay Fees
    Years On Internet

  • Appendix III: GVU’s Sixth WWW User Survey Results

  • Data Privacy

    Attitudes Towards Spamming
    Difference Page Request
    Opinions Of Anonymity
    Opinions Of Direct Marketing
    Policies Towards Spamming
    Reasons For Not Registering
    Terms And Conditions For Revealing Information
    What Information Ought To Be Collected Per Page Request