[20020521]RS21221_在线信息的隐私保护.pdf

1 The term “online privacy” includes several different subjects such as government surveillanceof online activities, the rights of employers to monitor employee activities, the collection, use,and dissemination of data via the Internet, and computer security issues. This report focuses onone aspect of online privacy collection, use, and dissemination of data via the Internet. Forinformation on other internet privacy issues, see CRS Report RL31408, Internet Privacy:Overview and Pending Legislation; CRS Report RL31377, The USA Patriot Act: A LegalAnalysis; CRS Report RL30322, Online Privacy Protection: Issues and Developments.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21221May 21, 2002Privacy Protection for Online InformationGina Marie StevensLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThis report focuses on one aspect of online privacy collection, use, and disseminationof data via the Internet, and discusses related federal privacy laws and selected legislation.This report will be updated as developments warrant.At the end of the 19th century, a seminal law review article was published thatdeveloped the b