The U.S. White House has released a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and a report entitled “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.”
The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, which is modeled on principles found in Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and other similar legislation in other countries, is intended by the Obama Administration to be part of a larger privacy rights initiative to provide users more control over how their information is handled. Among the elements to the Obama Administration’s initiative will be enforceable industry codes of conduct and the potential for federal privacy legislation.
The White House also announced that many leading internet companies and online advertising networks have committed to make it easier for users to control online tracking.
