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10 Automated Policy Preference Negotiation
Pages 62-64

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... to target or tailor information on the Web site to your interests. On the client site, either through a browser or some plug-in to a browser, P3P allows individuals to set parameters for the types of Web sites their kids can visit based on the site's data collection practices.
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... meeting in 1995, several years before the enactment of COPPA. The technology was not specifically designed to deal with children's privacy issues; rather, it was designed to address the need for Web sites to be up front about how they handle data, and the need to implement, on the client's side, tools for individuals to make informed decisions about the disclosure of personal information without having to read all the fine print.
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... Part of it will be driven by consumer demand. Survey after survey has documented enormous public concern with privacy and a real anxiety about disclosing personal information, because people feel that Web sites are not forthright about what they do with data.
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