'Awful' Internet Rules Released

maximus1 writes "NetChoice, a trade group that identifies and fights threats aimed at online communities and e-commerce, released iAWFUL, a list of America's 10 worst legislative and regulatory proposals targeted at the Internet. At the top of the list is a Maine law that would require e-commerce sites to get parental approval before collecting minors' personal information. According to the NetChoice site, 'lawmakers approved the measure despite the fact that Web sites have no means to confirm such consent, and would be effectively forced to stop providing valuable services like college information, test prep services, and class rings.' Coming in second on the iAWFUL list is a city ordinance that would hit Internet users with an extra tax on hotel rooms. Scheduled to take effect in September, the new tax is aimed at consumers who use the Internet to bargain hunt for expensive NYC hotel rooms."

Comments

Trade groups suck

[Publikwerks]

The law states its illegal to: "knowingly collect or receive health-related information or personal information for marketing purposes from a minor without first obtaining verifiable parental consent" MARKETING PURPOSES being the operative term here. This looks like a good law to me

Re:Awful?

[Anonymous Coward]

WHY DON'T YOU LINK to the ACTUAL LIST? Instead of an ARTICLE about an ARTICLE about the List?

http://www.netchoice.org/press/misguided-marketing-restriction-and-online-travel-tax-top-list-of-worst-internet-legislation.html

Re:Awful?

[jbezorg]

And WHY DIDN'T YOU LINK to the ACTUAL LIST? Instead of a PRESS RELEASE of an ARTICLE about an ARTICLE about the List after ragging on someone about NOT LINKING to the ACTUAL LIST and to an ARTICLE about an ARTICLE about the List?

http://netchoice.org/iawful/

Re:You know what's awful?

[bishiraver]

Readability bookmarklet is your friend: http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/