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Web Privacy with P3P The Platform for Privacy Preferences

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ISBN-10: 0596003714

ISBN-13: 9780596003715

Edition: 2002

Authors: Lorrie Cranor, Lawrence Lessig

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Web site developers balance their need to collect information about users with their obligation to show respect for their users' privacy. The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, or P3P, has emerged as a technology that may satisfy the wishes of both parties. Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), P3P gives users more control over the amount of information they disclose about themselves as they browse the Web, and allows web sites to declare to browsers what sort of information they will request of users. The number of web developers using P3P continues to grow. P3P support is now built into the newest browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator,…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Privacy and P3P
Introduction to P3P
How P3P Works
P3P-Enabling a Web Site
Why Web Sites Adopt P3P
The Online Privacy Landscape
Online Privacy Concerns
Fair Information Practice Principles
Privacy Laws
Privacy Seals
Chief Privacy Officers
Privacy-Related Organizations
Privacy Technology
Encryption Tools
Anonymity and Pseudonymity Tools
Filters
Identity-Management Tools
Other Tools
P3P History
The Origin of the Idea
The Internet Privacy Working Group
W3C Launches the P3P Project
The Evolving P3P Specification
The Patent Issue
Feedback from Europe
Finishing the Specification
Legal Implications
Criticism
P3P-Enabling Your Web Site
Overview and Options
P3P-Enabled Web Site Components
P3P Deployment Steps
Creating a Privacy Policy
Analyzing the Use of Cookies and Third-Party Content
One Policy or Many?
Generating a P3P Policy and Policy Reference File
Helping User Agents Find Your Policy Reference File
Combination Files
Compact Policies
The Safe Zone
Testing Your Web Site
P3P Policy Syntax
XML Syntax
General Assertions
Data-Specific Assertions
The P3P Extension Mechanism
The Policy File
Creating P3P Policies
Gathering Information About Your Site's Data Practices
Turning the Information You Gathered into a P3P Policy
Writing a Compact Policy
Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Creating and Referencing Policy Reference Files
Creating a Policy Reference File
Referencing a Policy Reference File
P3P Policies in Policy Reference Files
Changing Your P3P Policy or Policy Reference File
Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Data Schemas
Sets, Elements, and Structures
Fixed and Variable Categories
P3P Base Data Schema
Writing a P3P Data Schema
P3P-Enabled Web Site Examples
Simple Sites
Third-Party Agents
Third Parties with Their Own Policies
Examples From Real Web Sites
P3P Software and Design
P3P Vocabulary Design Issues
Rating Systems and Vocabularies
P3P Vocabulary Terms
What's Not in the P3P Vocabulary
P3P User Agents and Other Tools
P3P User Agents
Other Types of P3P Tools
P3P Specification Compliance Requirements
A P3P Preference Exchange Language (APPEL)
APPEL Goals
APPEL Evaluator Engines
Writing APPEL Rule Sets
Processing APPEL Rules
Other Privacy Preference Languages
User Interface
Case Studies
Privacy Preference Settings
User Agent Behavior
Accessibility
Privacy
Appendixes
P3P Policy and Policy Reference File Syntax Quick Reference
Configuring Web Servers to Include P3P Headers
P3P in IE6
How to Create a Customized Privacy Import File for IE6
P3P Guiding Principles
Index