McClatchy Washington Bureau: FTC says it won’t intervene to protect Internet user privacy

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/09/2008 | FTC says it won’t intervene to protect Internet user privacy
The Federal Trade Commission indicated Wednesday that it would leave it to data-mining Web companies and Internet marketers to decide how best to protect users’ privacy.

“Self-regulation may be the preferable approach for this dynamic marketplace,” Lydia Parnes, the director of the commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, told a Senate committee.

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