The Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Department recently issued reports outlining their latest thoughts on consumer privacy, giving Corporate America a framework for acceptable practices around data collection and hints on where enforcement policy might go in the future.
The agencies are soliciting comment on separate reports detailing their respective views on steps businesses should take to protect the information they collect from customers, with an eye toward influencing future privacy legislation in Congress. One of the reports endorses a “Do Not Track” option for online users.
