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Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules
CWmike writes "The Obama administration is considering plans to step up policing of Internet privacy issues and to establish a new position to direct the effort, reports the WSJ, which cites unnamed sources. Any push for stronger federal oversight over online privacy is likely to be welcomed by privacy advocates increasingly concerned about the data-collection and data-sharing practices of big Internet and marketing companies. High profile cases such as the uproar over Facebook's personal data collection habits and the public reaction to Google's continuing problems over its Street View Wi-Fi snooping have created a broader awareness of online privacy issues. The big question, though, is just how successful any fresh attempt at enforcing new privacy strictures on the Internet will be with Republicans soon to be in charge of the House."
I'm all for more privacy, but all this means is the NSA and those other three letter agencies have decided it's easier to snoop on us without asking Facebook and others simply hand over the data they need.
Great. Now where did I put that tinfoil hat...
"Let's try not to be so blatant with our biases next time," says imamac
Secure a mans fish and you starve him for a day. Teach a man to secure his fish and he'll call you an idiot and eat it.
What were we talking about again?
There is a huge difference between Dems and Reps. You see, the Dems take money orders, and the Reps take cashier's checks.
Stephen Harper.
Try not to play into the stereotype of the clueless American next time, the rest of your countryman don't appreciate being lumped in with folks like you.
Don't worry, Canadians can be just as clueless. After all, we elected Stephen Harper. :P
That's completely absurd. If I write my credit card number on the wall of my house, I can't sue people for looking at it because it's my personal information.
Why not? Sounds like a reasonable lawsuit to me.