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A coalition of privacy and consumer advocacy groups are asking government regulators to create a "Do Not Track" list that Americans can use to block online advertisers from silently recording people's browsing habits. Advertisers use the data to display targeted ads.
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Privacy Groups Ask for Online 'Do Not Track' List
News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:23 PM EDT
Article Source: Wired News
 | Privacy groups seek 'Do Not Track List' | msnbc.com | Wed Oct 31 | 3 |
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I like the idea of a Do Not Track list. I don't know how well it could be implemented, though.
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#1 - Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:25 PM EDT{"commentId":1146968,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}
Won't they have to track you to know that you are one the ones who shouldn't be tracked?
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{"commentId":1147096,"authorDomain":"atvance"}
That's a good point. Hadn't even thought of that!
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{"commentId":1146978,"authorDomain":"silkmesh"}
I hate spyware, but I really don't like the fact that governments are trying to find ways of policing the www.
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#2 - Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:22 PM EDT{"commentId":1147109,"authorDomain":"atvance"}
I hate spyware as well, nor am I a big fan of policing the internet. I am, however, a big fan of my privacy, and if the US government can enact a law to stop US based companies from tracking my internet usage, selling that info to third parties, or storing that information for the foreseeable future, I don't mind that so much. It'd be great if the companies would take this upon themselves voluntarily instead of being told to do so, but something tells me they're not going to do that anytime soon.
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