21.  -- There must be no personal data record-keeping system whose very existence is secret.

22.  -- Use forms with pre-printed spaces designated for personal data.

23.  -- When a credit card from a gasoline company requires gas stations to collect personal data.

24.  A Hailstorm user will be able to store a wide variety of personal data on servers scattered around the Internet.

25.  A key provision of that law prohibits any company doing business in the European Union from transmitting personal data to any country that does not guarantee comparable privacy protection.

26.  A number of states have taken other steps to safeguard personal data, including California, where Davis signed bills earlier this year intended to deter identity theft.

27.  A vocal, mostly conservative contingent has put forth sometimes Orwellian visions of a government that cannot be trusted with any personal data.

28.  But all users should get a meaningful choice about how personal data are collected and used.

29.  But companies like Yahoo that provide you with Internet services usually require that you identify yourself, and the courts say that this personal data can be subpoenaed.

30.  But as the exchange standard gets perfected, companies soon may be able to share personal data easily.