What catalogers need to know about consumer privacy regulations.

By Reported Donna Loyle

Just how much do consumers care about this issue? A lot. For example, 69 percent of adults agree that consumers have lost all control over how their personal information is collected and used by companies, according to a Harris Interactive poll of 1,010 adults conducted by phone in February. While this is down from 80 percent in 1999, it’s still more than two-thirds of American adults feeling their personal information is no longer in their control.