Internet Privacy Regulations | featured news

Although it lacks a 'do not track' provision, the bill's advocates say it would enact the first comprehensive protections for consumers' digital data transmitted from computers or other devices.Internet privacy is shaping up as the consumer issue of the year in Congress, as evidenced by new legislation introduced with bipartisan support from two former presidential candidates.

The Obama administration is expected to announce Internet privacy regulations as well as a new position to oversee what would be a more aggressive government involvement with the Internet, according to a published report.