(Mr Seb) Everything you do online — on your phone, on your computer, with anything — leaves a digital wake. Put those trails together and you’ve got one massive big data industry that can (and does) track it all and sell it to the highest bidder. After decades of digital detritus building up, regulators and Congress both are contemplating some steps that would help protect consumers’ info. The FTC will be holding a workshop this fall on how, and how much, companies are tracking you across multiple platforms on the big wide internet.
Lawmakers Want To Know Who’s Tracking You Online, And Where The Info Goes
Kate Cox, The Consumerist
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 1:40pm
Topics: mr seb cross-platform facebook atlas gps ftc s richard blumenthal ct ed markey ma sheldon whitehouse ri al franken mn data broker accountability transparency act sen markey who s senate dems the hill the washington post congress ftc the ftc facebook atlas info tracking you online big advertisers companies phone person bill digital rings logged put profile industry computer workshops consumers work year consumer introduced
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