Brian Fung and Andrea Peterson report: The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it will not seek to impose a requirement on Google, Facebook and other Internet companies that would make it harder for them to track consumers’ online activities. The announcement is a blow to privacy advocates who had petitioned the agency for stronger Internet privacy…
Category: Govt
Petition: Facebook betrayed us by secretly lobbying for cyber-surveillance bill
I try to cover important privacy-related news, but sometimes I hesitate to post or link to something. This is one of those times, as the story is based on “sources” without any indication as to how reliable these sources might be. So without any claims of accuracy, here we go…. Cory Doctorow writes: Tiffiny from…
FTC very excited about new global privacy information system
Kieren McCarthy reports: US watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signed an agreement with seven countries to share cross-border information relating to privacy. The new “alert” system will let regulators from America, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway share confidential information about ongoing investigations, and the FTC is very excited about it….
Federal regulators to require registration of recreational drones
Craig Whitlock reports: Federal regulators said Monday that they plan to require recreational drone users to register their aircraft with the government for the first time in an attempt to restore order to U.S. skies that have been invaded by rogue flying robots. U.S. officials said they still need to sort out the basic details…