Tuesday, May 15, 2012

FTC Steps in as Obama’s Chief Enforcer on Internet Privacy


Sasson, Brendan. "FTC Steps in as Obama’s Chief Enforcer on Internet Privacy." The Hill, May 13, 2012.

From the article: "The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has carved out a new role as the Obama administration’s chief enforcer on online privacy.

The Obama administration is pushing Congress to enact baseline privacy regulations, but for now, there are few rules governing how companies must treat people's private data.

As people share more information about their lives with companies like Google and Facebook, many privacy advocates, government officials and consumers are worried about how those companies handle that data and how much access advertisers have to it." Read more