1.   American companies are scrambling to stave off regulation by adopting voluntary privacy guarantees.

2.   Brown cited federal privacy guarantees in refusing to respond to specific charges about the way the Air Force treated Rogers or Julie Clemm.

3.   Maybe so, but companies that hope to grow on the Web should make privacy guarantees a first order of business instead of an afterthought.

4.   --Seek privacy guarantees.

5.   Scott still thinks the regulatory tide may recede, if Web-based businesses begin offering solid privacy guarantees to customers.

6.   She is hoping Edwards will sue in California, which has explicit privacy guarantees.

7.   The Clinton administration has warned Web-based businesses that unless they move aggressively to provide better privacy guarantees, new federal laws are on the way.