2011-09-14

As we mentioned previously, large US consumer data mining companies, which now include the leading ad agencies and interactive marketers, are fearful of the EU's thoughtful and courageous approach to protecting citizen and consumer privacy.  These giants fear that the EU standard will influence US policymakers as they craft privacy safeguards (and help make what is still a largely feckless FTC at least minimally effective).   The companies are apoplectic over EU proposals that would protect our anonymity--which they see as a real form of Do-Not-Track that may a