FTC and Big Data

March 2012 FTC Privacy Report To address the invisibility of, and consumers’ lack of control over, data brokers’ collection and use of consumer information, the Commission supports targeted legislation – similar to that contained in several of the data security bills introduced in the 112th Congress – that would provide consumers with access to information…

Top Story: Looming Battle over Do Not Track

ADVERTISERS REVOLT OVER IE10’S DO NOT TRACK SETTING, FTC SETS YEAR-END DEADLINE FOR PROGRESS While privacy legislation has stalled, do not track has continued to be in debate due to recent actions of Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium (w3C).  Microsoft’s decision to set the latest Internet Explorer browser default setting to do not…