Answer:
You are not required to put a privacy notice on your Web site, but it is encouraged. I recommend appending your real world statement with one particular to your site. This is advantageous because your customer may be disabling or deleting (tossing) their cookies and creating problems that your tech support or customer service department has to address. Since it is easy to address and place on your site, it is valuable information for your customer and customer to be, I recommend adding it as it will provide accurate disclosures that some customers actually want.
First published on BankersOnline.com 3/19/01
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