I feel like someone is watching me all the time when I'm online, and more disturbingly, when my children are online. "Cookies" can be placed on my family's computer that tell marketers what we like or might like so they can advertise to me. And last year it was revealed that "zombie cookies" can even come back once I've carefully deleted them.
I want a privacy law that would allow me to regain control over my personal information online and protect my children from unwanted tracking. I want to be able to opt out of online tracking, and I want clear mandatory privacy choices for my children.
Senator Rockefeller's "Do Not Track Online Act," Representative Jackie Speier's "Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011" and the "Do Not Track Kids Act" by Representatives Markey and Barton will do just that. Your support as a cosponsor will help these good ideas move to final passage.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like jackasses: you can lead RIGHTIE-CONs to water, but you can't make them THINK! Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power. - Mussolini
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