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Posted on 04/08/2013 5:04:57 AM PDT by upchuck
Silicon Valley is fighting privacy advocates over a California bill, the first of its kind in the nation, that would require companies like Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. to disclose to users the personal data they have collected and with whom they have shared it.
The industry backlash is against the "Right to Know Act," a bill introduced in February by Bonnie Lowenthal, a Democratic assemblywoman from Long Beach. It would make Internet companies, upon request, share with Californians personal information they have collected—including buying habits, physical location and sexual orientation—and what they have passed on to third parties such as marketing companies, app makers and other companies that collect and sell data.
A week ago, a coalition of businesses and trade groups wrote to Ms. Lowenthal urging her to "not move forward" with a bill that seeks to impose "costly and unrealistic mandates" that could leave them vulnerable to lawsuits, according to a copy of the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
This past week, Will Gonzalez, a Facebook lobbyist based in Sacramento, aired concerns in a meeting about how the bill would hurt Facebook's business, according to a legislative aide. Mr. Gonzalez didn't respond to requests for comment.
Representatives for Facebook and Google declined to comment on the bill.
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Best bet: do what you can to be invisible.
I have a few Facebook accounts, but never log into them.
The Facebook operators are part of the Marxist cabal.
They are using it as a giant info gathering mill.
They just can’t leave us alone can they? It’s way past time to start shooting back.
“I have a few Facebook accounts, but never log into them.
The Facebook operators are part of the Marxist cabal.
They are using it as a giant info gathering mill.”
Here in northern NJ the big spenders are Hispanics & Asians living off the grid (with the exception of enough data to collect gubmint assistance). Nobody’s tracking their habits...all cash. I see the Hispanics buying tools from unemployed Americans at flea markets; the “replacement Americans” strictly pay (and are paid with) cash.
>> a coalition of businesses and trade groups wrote to Ms. Lowenthal urging her to “not move forward” with a bill that seeks to impose “costly and unrealistic mandates” that could leave them vulnerable to lawsuits...
These are the same folks that thought it was way cool whenever “costly and unrealistic mandates” were imposed on doctors, the oil industry, the food industry, etc.
Hoist on the petard you funded, eh, Eric Schmidt?
“Best bet: do what you can to be invisible.”
These will help:
NoScript
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/noscript/
Tor Browser
https://www.torproject.org/
Set cookies to expire when you shut down browser: In Firefox: Edit > Preferences > Privacy > “Keep until I close”
Perhaps someone can post the Chrome or IE alternatives?
“These are the same folks that thought it was way cool whenever “costly and unrealistic mandates” were imposed on doctors”
Good point! You deserve a chocolate cookie today.
It's 100% the fault of the users willing to expose their surfing, buying and social habits.
The tracking companies are just capitalism in action. My problem is that they gather their info in secret, never disclosing to the user that their info is being captured.
I have railed against evil Facebook and the whole "social media" scene for years. Doubt few are listening.
Bull$h!t. None of this affects the gov which just steps right in and takes whatever information it wants.
Thanks for the tips.
Done. And a lot more. Much more.
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Best Bet ... get the hell off these sites!!
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