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Commerce Department's Online Privacy Report a Positive Step, But Self-Regulation Isn't Enough

www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/commerce-departments-online-privacy-report

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Online privacy continues to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C. A few weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a staff report calling for greater protection of online consumer privacy. A House subcommittee heard testimony on the increasingly popular idea of “do not track” for the Internet. Soon thereafter, Microsoft announced a new tracking protection mechanism for Internet Explorer 9.