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From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 05:46:17 -0400



Drug Office Ends Tracking of Web Users

White House Admits Privacy Concerns

By MARC LACEY

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The White House conceded today that it might have 
violated federal privacy guidelines, and it ordered its Office of National 
Drug Control Policy to stop using a software device that tracks computer 
users who view the government's antidrug advertisements on the Internet.

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http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/22net.html


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