Jan. 24, 2012 – Big Week in Washington for Online Privacy Issues, Adweek
January 24, 2012
Brenda Leong
This week, which leads up to Data Privacy Day on Saturday, could be a big one for advancing online privacy policy in Washington, D.C., and globally. In keeping with the push to protect consumers’ personal data and privacy online, the Obama administration is expected to release its white paper on privacy, endorsing a “privacy bill of rights” and calling on companies to self-regulate by adopting codes of conduct.
On the other side of the pond, the European Commission on Wednesday will propose big changes to its 17-year-old European privacy policy directive, adopting regulation that by 2014 could require companies like Google and Facebook to obtain explicit consent from consumers before collecting and using their personal data.
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