On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Craig Bull wrote:
> My understanding is that all Truste certification means is that the
> company abides by their posted policy. Not that the policy is good or bad
> or really protects your privacy - just that the certified company abides
> by the policy posted on the company's WWW site.
>
> If you look at TRUSTe's site
> http://www.truste.org/consumers/users_how.html, you'll see a section
> entitled "So, What Does TRUSTe's Trustmark Mean to You?" It states that
> the site will disclose what information is being gathered, how that info
> will be used, who it will be shared with, any safeguards in place, and how
> to correct inaccuracies. Notice that there's no mention of actually
> protecting your rights or providing privacy. As long as the company
> policy states the above info, they can be approved.
not to drag this thread out unnecessarily (he says, as he does precisely
that), but if you go to www.truste.org, right there on the front page,
top, it reads:
"TRUSTe's Privacy Seal: When you see the
TRUSTe seal, you can be assured that you have
full control over the uses of your personal
information to protect your privacy."
this is clearly inconsistent with what you've quoted above, since it
suggests that, yes, you really have guaranteed privacy. consumers
should not have to read the fine print to learn that, no, that's
not *really* what it means.
i stand by my initial position -- trust-e certification is completely
worthless, as others have already noted in this forum.
rday
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Robert P. J. Day
Eno River Technologies, Durham NC
Unix, Linux and Open Source training
"This is Microsoft technical support. How may I misinform you?"
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