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'Do Not Track' Bill Aims To Let Consumers Reject Online Tracking (consumerist.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the stop-tracking-bill-he's-tired-of-it dept.

kheldan writes: A newly introduced piece of federal legislation aims to give consumers more choices about when their browsing behavior is being tracked. Today, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (CT) and Ed Markey (MA) are introducing the Do Not Track Online Act of 2015 (PDF), which would direct the Federal Trade Commission to create new regulations "regarding the collection and use of personal information obtained by tracking the online activity of an individual."

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  1. Let me explain how it works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

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    Our esteemed legislators pass all kinds of ridiculous laws and regulations will the full understanding that no agency is going around arresting people for contravening them.

    However, when a target had been designated or charged with some petty crime, they now have the means to pile on.

    Your web start-up was late paying taxes? $500 fine. Oh, and it was tracking users, too? Computer crime! $500,000 and five years, thank you very much.

    Flew your drone into controlled airspace? $1,000 fine. Oh, did not pay $5 and register it with the FAA? That will be $10,000 and six months, thanks for playing.