FTC says it won't intervene to protect Internet user privacy
Posted on Wed, Jul. 09, 2008
Kat Glass | McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: July 09, 2008 06:47:31 PM
WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission indicated Wednesday that it would leave it to data-mining Web companies and Internet marketers to decide how best to protect users' privacy.
"Self-regulation may be the preferable approach for this dynamic marketplace," Lydia Parnes, the director of the commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, told a Senate committee.
The FTC's decision not to step in - even as Microsoft and Google representatives testified that some regulation would be helpful - means that Washington won't address the matter before a new administration and Congress take office in January.
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Kat Glass | McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: July 09, 2008 06:47:31 PM
WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission indicated Wednesday that it would leave it to data-mining Web companies and Internet marketers to decide how best to protect users' privacy.
"Self-regulation may be the preferable approach for this dynamic marketplace," Lydia Parnes, the director of the commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, told a Senate committee.
The FTC's decision not to step in - even as Microsoft and Google representatives testified that some regulation would be helpful - means that Washington won't address the matter before a new administration and Congress take office in January.
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