YOUR PRIVACY when you surf the web you leave what is sometimes referred as click stream data or data trail. this information can be used to createw a profile of your online activities. this profile or collection of personnal data can be sold to others and then usedto target you with specific marketing materails to sell their products. sometimes this data is collected through cookies. after many years of replaying on self regular approach to dealing with this problem, the federal trade commission is investigating it authority for regulating online privacy and exploring enacting legislation to protect consumer privacy. submit one page summary of your point of view in ms word file single spaced with a font size of 14 on the statement below: self regulation is not the answer. if this where true these companies would resolve these problem several years ago. we have no choice but enact legislation to deal with the issue