AT&T Privacy Bird

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The AT&T Privacy Bird will help Internet users stay informed about how information they provide to Web sites could be used. The AT&T Privacy Bird automatically searches for privacy policies at every website you visit. You can tell the software about your privacy concerns, and it will tell you whether each site's policies match your personal privacy preferences. The software displays a green bird icon at Web sites that match, and a red bird icon at sites that do not.

The AT&T Privacy Bird reads privacy policies written in the standard format specified by the World Wide Web Consortium's Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). It is the first software to automatically read full P3P privacy policies and display them in an easy to understand language. It offers a wide variety of customization options, allowing you to tailor warning messages to meet your personal privacy concerns. For example, the AT&T Privacy Bird allows you to ask for warnings at Web sites that may:

• Sell your name and address to other companies without your permission
• Use your health or medical information for marketing
• Put you on mailing lists that you can't get off of

The Privacy Bird is now available to the public at http://www.privacybird.com.

The AT&T Privacy Bird installs quickly and easily into Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browsers (version 5.01/5.5/6.0 on Microsoft Windows platforms).