Lost Pine has implemented the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project recommendations in their simplest form. This can be done easily because Lost Pine does not use cookies. If you wish to do something similar, then the following examples and links to other web sites will help you become a P3P compatible web site.  Before embarking on the steps to add P3P to your site, keep in mind the seven areas of Information Privacy:

Notice - Clearly informing customers about what is being collected, why it is collected, who will receive the information, how it will be used and how the customer can contact you about the use.

Choice - Offering and honoring customer requests to opt-out of certain uses if sensitive information is used.

Onward Transfer - Ensuring that any other agent, contractor or 3rd party receiving the information agrees to the same terms as you have stated in your own policy.

Access - Providing customers physical access to their personal information.

Security - Taking reasonable precautions with the information.

Data Integrity - Ensuring that the information is reliable, accurate, complete and current for the use it was intended.

Enforcement - Taking steps to ensure the policies are adhered to via policy, training, and audit.

Lost Pine has a basic policy because it collects no personally identifiable information without a user's choice, no information is retained beyond the use it was collected, and no tracking cookies are used to identify the user. The only automatic data collection is the server logs that track web site performance. Logs have no personally identifiable information in them.

If you use cookies, Lost Pine's policy will not work for you. In addition to a more complex policy, you will need to also implement a COMPACT policy and you should first use the privacy links to fully understand what is required. The links below should provide sufficient information and access to tools so that you can implement P3P.