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Minnesota bill lets Internet Users Block Disclosure

Posted by Hemos on from the interstate-commerce dept.

Tux Racer writes "A KMSP article is reporting that 'Internet users in Minnesota would get unprecedented control over their personal information under a bill moving through the Legislature. The bill would give customers control over whether their service providers disclose or sell their personal information, including their e-mail addresses and what Web sites they visited...'"

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  1. Some more info by BigDaddy · · Score: 3, Informative
    Heres a link to the exact bill itself:
    House of Representatives
    Senate

    If you live in MN and want to talk to your reps (I know I do), find out who represents you.

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    You can't get a blue screen on a black and white monitor.
  2. Re:About time. by hagardtroll · · Score: 3, Informative

    The privacy bill that is being proposed in congress now SUPERSEDES any state law. That is, if MN has a more restrictive privacly law, then the US bill being proposed would eliminate any protections provided by this bill.

    The current version of the privacy bill being presented by the FTC requires consumers to OPT-OUT of information sharing.

  3. redsherrif is NOT part of JRE by Jammer@CMH · · Score: 2, Informative
    Funny comment, but redsherrif is not part of the Sun runtime, it's a spyware applet used by lamer websites.

    See this earlier post.