Online Ads, Privacy Remain In FTC Crosshairs

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 8, 2010 @11:07AM from the tracking-is-the-governments-job dept.

AC95 writes "The FTC wants to give users a browser-based tool for opting out of online behavioral tracking, a proposal that has privacy advocates cheering and online advertisers up in arms. A key issue, says FTC attorney Loretta Garrison, is that while most consumers know they're tracked online, they don't fully appreciate how much information is collected. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, worries about knee-jerk legislation criminalizing mistakes that are an inherent part of applying any new technology."

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Re:How's this different from a do-not-call list? by sexconker · 2010-09-09 03:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

If by taking up arms you mean voting them out.
Obviously not, because that has never worked.
Re:How's this different from a do-not-call list? by sexconker · 2010-09-09 03:29 · Score: 0, Redundant

National vs State derp?