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...estimated $3 billion-a-year data market. Most websites are collecting your browsing preferences on the sly, many banks are selling account records on the open market, and sensitive medical files remain vulnerable to snooping. "Americans have little clue about what happens to their personal information," says John Featherman, president of Privacy Protectors, a consumer-consulting firm...
...also insist that websites wise up. John Featherman, who publishes the monthly Privacy Newsletter, observes, "Really good home pages have privacy policies. It's as simple as that." Responsible sites disclose to users that they collect personal information and explain what they do with it. That's a far better solution than anything that will come from Congress. It's also better than being encouraged...
...tried to follow the committee's advice by offerring tenured positions at Harvard to three sociologists: Nancy Tuma, a professor at Stanford University; Edward Laumann, dean of social sciences at Chicago; and David Featherman of the University of Wisconsin. All three refused...
...other two offers--to Chicago's Edward Laumann and Wisconsin's David Featherman--were turned down in the fall...
...gone to Harvard, it would have taken a year or two to construct the collegial network and develop the research facilities to put me somewhere close to where I am. "Featherman said in an interview this week...