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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Where's the "Do-Not-Track Common Core Data Act of 2013?"

Missouri Education Watchdog: Where's the "Do-Not-Track Common Core Data Act of 2013?":


Where's the "Do-Not-Track Common Core Data Act of 2013?"

Jay Rockefeller introduced a "no tracking" bill (Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013) to "prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of personal information obtained by tracking the online activity of an individual, and for other purposes." 

From calpirg.org and Free Cookies-Strings Attached:
Recently West Virginia’s Senator John D. Rockefeller, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee,  proposed the Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013. The bill would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish standards allowing internet users to set their web browsers to tell websites, advertising networks, data brokers and other online entities that they do not want to be tracked online for