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Minnesota Bill Would Prevent Disclosure of Web Habits

Posted by timothy on from the how-quaint-an-idea dept.

jweb writes: "The Minneapolis Star Tribune is running an article about a bill in the Minnesota legislature that would make it illegal for an ISP to disclose personal information about websites that its customers visit. According to the article, this bill has passed both houses of the legislature, with one key difference: the House version requires customers to 'opt-out' of this information-sharing, but the Senate version would be 'opt-in', requiring the customer to specifically state that they would like their personal information made available. Not suprisingly, AOL and Yahoo are lobbying against it."

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  1. How will they enforce it? by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Minnesota, eh? I can just see it now...

    "Failure to comply with the terms of this legislation will result in you being thrown over the ropes and body-slammed into the announcer's desk."

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    Bleah! Heh heh heh... BLEAH BLEAH!!! Ha ha ha ha...

    1. Re:How will they enforce it? by aztektum · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey just b/c our Governor can beat up your Governor doesn't mean you have to pick on him...

      He pulled a pretty funny April Fools prank if you haven't heard. He had a press conference called hastily that morning (It was snowing quite hard) to announce he was running for Gov again, then said "April Fools." and left the room.

      hahahahaha..tax money wasted no doubt but oh well

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  2. Yahoo! by sfrenchie · · Score: 4, Funny

    No doubt Yahoo! is lobying to get a "force re-opt-out" option in the House version. This "force re-opt-out" clause would allow ISPs to switch all of their customers to having "opted-in" every 30 days! Yahoo!

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  3. 'Minnesota Bill', eh? by nakaduct · · Score: 3, Funny

    Suit #1: We need to make more money!
    Suit #2: Perhaps disclose of web habits is the answer.
    Suit #1: I concur!

    (door explodes)

    Minnesota Bill: Not so fast!
    Suits #1&2 (unison): Minnesota Bill!

    (Bill lays waste to their plush conference room, taking their scumware source code and user database with him as he leaves).

    If this works out they can employ Bill's sidekicks, Nebraska Tyrone and Maine Blaine, in the fight against spam.

    cheers,
    mike

  4. Minnesota Bill by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny

    Minnesota Bill, Fats' lesser known younger brother. The highlight of his career was his big match against Reasonably Quick Bruce. Soon to be a made-for-TV movie on the USA network.