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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. Do not call was pretty fail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how are they going to enforce "do not track" if they can't even enforce do not call?

    1. Re:Do not call was pretty fail by Sowelu · · Score: 4, Informative

      Actually, Do Not Call is a pretty stellar success...things are a lot better now than they were before, and very large penalties are handed out on a regular basis. It's almost guaranteed that every solicitor who ignores Do Not Call is a scammer; it stops legit companies (which were the majority of this stuff) dead in their tracks.

  2. There will be a "Do Not Track" cookie by QuietLagoon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Each Do Not Track cookie will have a serial number that cannot be used for tracking purposes. /sarcasm

  3. Ask the engineers by mstefanro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not write these bills in collaboration with software engineers, who have a clue?

    We don't want more ridiculous things like the mandatory "by visiting this site you agree with our website using cookies" messages.