Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Privacy Groups’ Mobile-Ad Complaint May Test Obama’s Stance
Privacy Groups’ Mobile-Ad Complaint May Test Obama’s Stance: "Consumer advocates plan to file a complaint seeking new federal safeguards for mobile-phone users, a move that may provide an early test of President-elect Barack Obama’s stance on consumer privacy.
Google Inc., owner of the most popular search engine, is among companies “most energetically pushing the envelope” in tracking consumers’ mobile Web-surfing habits in order to target ads, according to the complaint, which the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group said they intend to file today with the Federal Trade Commission."
Google Inc., owner of the most popular search engine, is among companies “most energetically pushing the envelope” in tracking consumers’ mobile Web-surfing habits in order to target ads, according to the complaint, which the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group said they intend to file today with the Federal Trade Commission."
