11.   The Federal Trade Commission plans to go to Congress this week to seek tough new privacy rules for Internet businesses.

12.   The hold-over employees were not given new privacy waivers to sign when their file summaries were sought from the FBI.

13.   The new privacy group aims to counter widespread public concern about Internet privacy.

14.   The new privacy protections have won broad bipartisan support.

15.   Under new federal privacy rules, each patient must give consent before medical information is transmitted by any electronic means, including hand-helds.

16.   Without admitting wrongdoing, Geocities has posted a new privacy statement that explains how it uses the information it collects.

17.   Personal consumer information is generally less sensitive than medical or financial data, which are subjects of new privacy legislation or proposed rules, Misener said.

18.   He imposed no sanctions, but the decision has the media worried that the new privacy law will restrict freedom of the press.

19.   Lawmakers and federal regulators have so far resisted calls for new national privacy laws protecting Internet users.

20.   State laws that provide stronger privacy protections will continue to apply over and above the new federal privacy standards.