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FTC Issues New Privacy Guidelines for ISPs, Mobile Companies

Federal regulators tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users.

The Federal Trade Commission issued new guidance on Thursday for the self-regulated industry that urges websites to tell consumers that data is being collected during their searches and to allow them to opt out.

Read full story: Reuters

Related topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Mobile, Policy & Regulation, Privacy, Telecom, Wireless

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