Abstract
A vulnerability of information system that could lead to disclosure of registered personal in-formation and the illegal use of them have been found frequently in company with the extension of network society. Since the enactment of the Law for the Protection of Personal Information in Japan, the concern and a social demand for the protection and the exploitation of personal in-formation in a proper way are becoming more and more conspicuous, so it is effective to publish "Privacy Policy" on the web. Such a new idea began to infiltrate into private enterprises. Con-sidering the present condition that a lot of personal information is used also in the govern-mental agencies and its relative activities, the necessity for the publication of Privacy Policy has been increasing. In this paper, I will inquire into the present situation of the publication and signification of Privacy Policy mainly examined focusing on the U.S. Federal Agencies.
