FTC Proposes Online Privacy Framework
Source: govinfosecurity.com
The Federal Trade Commission wants Congress to enact legislation requiring businesses to assure the online privacy of consumers.
In a report issued on March 26, the FTC proposes actions business should take to safeguard consumers' online privacy - including adoption of a do-not-track system - and said Congress should make participation mandatory.
The report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers, calls on companies handling consumer data to implement recommendations for protecting privacy, including:
Privacy by Design: Companies should build in consumers' privacy protections at every stage in developing their products, including reasonable security for consumer data, limited collection and retention of such data and reasonable procedures to promote data accuracy.
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