Here Comes ‘Do Not Track’
There’s “Do Not Call,” then there are the nascent opt-in or opt-out print directory movements and now, potentially, the Do Not Track Registry:
Two consumer groups asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to create a “do not track list” that would allow computer users to bar advertisers from collecting information about them.
The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to bar collection of health information and other sensitive data by companies that do business on the Internet unless a consumer consents.
Just as BT is really cranking up, so is the opposition. Here are some recent posts on the subject:
April 15, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I’d sign up for this in a hearbeat.
April 15, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I just want to get on the list that stops them from leaving a phone book on my doorstop.