Online information and data base retrieval

Exchange of experience that the Parties have gained in the regulation of telecommunications, online content, online services and online business;

Online information and/or data processing (including transaction processing)

2.13 ` automated searching` means an online access procedure in order to consult, in accordance with article 33 paragraph 1, point 2 of the Treaty, the databases of one, more or all of the other Parties;

The Government of New Zealand will, subject to paragraph 2, on application at a designated visa processing office or when available online by a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, issue a visa valid for presentation for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issue to any person who satisfies each of the following requirements:

The Slovenian Foreign Ministry site serves as an entry point to the EU's services and information online.

If you have access to the internet you can use the online Worldtracer baggage tracing system (of which Adria has been a member since May 1994) to monitor progress.

The eEurope Action Plan 2002 - endorsed at the Feira European Council in June 2000 - established a process of target-setting and benchmarking to bring Europe online as fast as possible.

Their analysis showed that only two out of the twelve Dutch and Swedish parties that were included in the study offered an online chat option (Nixon, Johansson, 1999: 144). This indicates the low level of interactivity of the sites.

The FTC's First Online Privacy Case

Business Week Online, 9 April 2001.

j. Online information and data base retrieval

The aerodynamic influence can be checked by a tethered test online.

the FTC Act applies equally to the offline as well as online world;

Non-interactive forms of online use should remain subject to those provisions.

n. Online information and/or data processing (including transaction processing)

Third, you note that our prior correspondence has focused on privacy in the online world.

These comprise either an elemental analyser or a gas chromatograph with an online combustion system.

Electronic channels (Internet site presenting the products available, with online games for children).

More recently, this agency brought a case challenging alleged privacy breaches by another online company.

The ReverseAuction case demonstrates that the FTC is committed to using enforcement to buttress industry self-regulatory efforts in the area of online consumer privacy.

'(h) contribute to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting citizens and enterprises.

In your visits to our offices and in your correspondence, you have raised several questions about the United States Federal Trade Commission's authority in the online privacy area.

On the other hand, many individuals or entities may be collecting information online without any commercial purpose, and thereby may fall outside the Federal Trade Commission's jurisdiction.

Telematic networks contributing to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting citizens and enterprises.

While online privacy has been a major concern of the FTC as a critical component to the development of electronic commerce, the FTC Act dates back to 1914 and applies equally in the offline world.

"- Telematic networks contributing to the objectives of the e-Europe initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting citizens and enterprises.

Notwithstanding the Federal Trade Commission's law enforcement actions in GeoCities, Liberty Financial Cos., and ReverseAuction, the agency's authority in some areas of online privacy is more limited.

See 15 U. S. C. §§ 6501-6506. In particular, the act requires online operators to give notice and to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children.

See 15 U. S. C. §§ 6501-6506. In particular, the act requires online operators to give notice and to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children.

Indeed, this case directly challenged conduct that undermined a Privacy Policy and User Agreement protecting consumers' privacy, and that could erode consumer confidence in privacy measures undertaken by online companies.

Connections to the public telephone network at a fixed location should be capable of supporting speech and data communications at rates sufficient for access to online services such as those provided via the public Internet.

The ECB shall grant online read-only access to the CMS database to the officials of Europol designated as contact persons for this purpose under Article 7, which access shall not allow Europol to directly introduce data into the CMS.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the Commission shall have, from 1 October 1998 onwards, on specific request, at any time remote access by online sessions to the computer files containing the data recorded by the FMC.

Telematic networks contributing to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting citizens and enterprises, should be considered projects of common interest under the IDA programme.

The benefits of trans-European telematic networks for administrations should be extended to citizens and enterprises of the Community, notably in those areas where this contributes to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on Government online.

'(d) the extension of the benefits of such networks, as mentioned in point (c), to Community industry and citizens of the European Union, notably in those areas where this contributes to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on Government online;

In January 2000, the Commission approved a complaint against, and consent agreement with, ReverseAuction. com, an online auction site that allegedly obtained consumers' personally identifying information from a competitor site (eBay. com) and then sent deceptive, unsolicited e-mail messages to those consumers seeking their business (7).

A good example of the ability of individuals to bring suit to obtain redress is the pending litigation against Amazon. com for invasion of privacy. Amazon. com, the large online retailer, is the target of a class action, in which the plaintiffs allege that they were not told about, and did not consent to, the collection of personal information about them when they used a software program owned by Amazon called 'Alexa.

Priority should be given to those projects which enhance the economic viability of public administrations, European Community institutions, Member States and the regions, and which, by means of the establishment or enhancement of sectoral networks, contribute to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting national parliaments, citizens and enterprises, and to other initiatives aimed at improving the transparency of activities of the Community institutions as required by Article 255 of the Treaty and by Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (5).

In the Federal Trade Commission's report to Congress on online privacy, "Privacy Online:

Last year, the Commission's report, "Self-Regulation and Privacy Online:

See also Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA), 16 C.F.R.

Standard licences that are available online may also play an important role in this respect.

In addition, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 confers on the FTC specific legal authority to regulate the collection of personal information from children by website and online service operators.

The Commission subsequently settled another matter involving the collection of personal information from children online.

See "Online Auction Site Settles FTC Privacy Charges", FTC News Release (January 6, 2000) available at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/01/reverse4.htm.

Member States shall ensure that the Commission has, on specific request, remote access by online sessions to the computer files containing the data recorded by their FMC.