Online Privacy Hearings See Conflicting Testimony And Recommendations by Greg Sterling, Search Engine Land (July 10)
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others argued for federal privacy legislation in sessions being held in Washington DC; the US Federal Trade Commission favoured industry self-regulation. Discussions center on "online advertising, behavioral targeting and what the government should do about it, if anything".
Microsoft, Google support privacy law, CNN Money (Jul 10)
" At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on online advertising, representatives of the two technology rivals said meaningful privacy rules should be based on three core principles: Consumers should be clearly notified what information is being collected about them; people should control how that information is used; and such data should be secured to ensure it does not fall into the wrong hands."
Posted by Gwen at July 11, 2008 02:33 PM