FTC to Issue Privacy Report

The Federal Trade Commission will issue a long-awaited report later today on online privacy and what can be done to make it easier for consumers to safeguard their online privacy and activity.

The 434-page report will also address the concept of establishing a “Do Not Track” registry, the subject of Thursday’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

“Self-regulation has not kept pace with technology,” said David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, who previewed the report at the Consumer Watchdog’s conference in Washington, D.C.

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