11.   Bush campaigned two years ago on a promise to increase privacy protections.

12.   But advocates of stricter privacy protections at the state level say that a federal standard would be preferable to a hodge-podge of state laws.

13.   But before logging on and pouring your heart out, you should consider a few caveats, such as privacy protection and misinformation.

14.   But he said privacy protections would be breached by a provision allowing the commercial use of Social Security numbers.

15.   But members of Congress say privacy protections are immensely popular with consumers.

16.   But it is also set to enforce a strict data protection directive that would cut off the flow of commercial data to nations whose privacy protections are deemed inadequate.

17.   But Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said voters would punish politicians who weaken privacy protections.

18.   But the new approach might allow computer and communications companies to sell products to the government that achieved the same privacy protection through software-only means.

19.   But taken together, these policies unduly erode privacy protections in the electronic realm.

20.   But, added Borking, European governments will always take privacy protection seriously.