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The purpose of the P3P specification is to enable: * web-sites to specify their personal data use and disclosure practices; * web-users to specify their expectations concerning personal data disclosure practices; and * software agents to undertake negotiation, on behalf of the parties, in order to reach an agreement concerning the exchange of data between them. In effect, it is to provide means whereby an individual can have sufficient information that he or she can make an informed decision on whether to permit further use of the data, or

The elements of a P3P-enabled web-context are as follows: * personal data use and disclosure preferences expressed by web-users. A preference is a rule, or set of rules, expressed by a web-user, that determines what action(s) a user agent will take or allow when involved in a conversation or negotiation with a service. A preference might be expressed in conventional text, or as a formally defined machine-processable statement; * personal data use and disclosure practices expressed by web-sites. A practice is a P3P clause expressed by a web-site that