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