WHAT IS PRIVACY? Privacy is your right to control how information about you is used, processed, stored, or shared. If you ever go online, internet privacy should be one of your biggest concerns. Surf the web and you cant help but stumble on a new story about how much your personal data is collected while you enjoy your favorite sites. Think you've got nothing to hide? Think again. KEY PRIVACY PRINCIPLES Access/Participation The point of access and participation is to let people about whom you have information find out what that information is, and contest its accuracy and completeness if they believe it is wrong. Many online systems currently lack the means to implement such processes securely. However, access is considered an essential element of fair information practices and privacy protection. In the context of business Web sites, the main obstacle to providing access and participation is a lack of cheap and secure methods of reliably identifying, that is, a