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"P3P" is actually the name for a group of technologies that work together to create a framework to allow users to exercise preferences over the privacy practices of web sites. Applications using P3P will keep users informed about web sites' privacy practices, and allow them to dictate the extent to which their personal information is revealed to the site. Technically, P3P consists of an XML vocabulary, a strongly defined set of base data types, and a rule-based language that acts on a set of rules used to express a user's preferences. Web sites

The term "privacy" covers a very wide range of concerns, and it is important that one understands from the outset the precise scope of the P3P work. P3P will enable sites to express privacy practices and for user to express their preferences about those practices and have their agent act on it accordingly. The user agent can then provide the user a safe and seamless experience. A P3P interaction will result in an agreement between the service and the user agent regarding the practices associated with a user's implicit (i.e., click stream) or explicit