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Markey: New Online Privacy Safeguards Needed To Protect Children, Teens

Statement

By: Ed Markey
By: Ed Markey
Date: April 11, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Technology and Communication Business and Consumers Minors and Children


Markey: New Online Privacy Safeguards Needed To Protect Children, Teens

Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, released the following statement this afternoon in response to the Federal Trade Commission's proposed principles for industry self-regulation of online behavioral advertising:

"The FTC has appropriately recognized the pressing need for updated online privacy protections for children that reflect the sophisticated data collection and behavioral targeting practices now used widely across the Internet. Without stronger protections, including a prohibition on collecting data on children's and teens' online activities, young Internet users may become unwitting targets of the ‘hidden persuaders' of the digital age. The evolution of online behavioral advertising since the enactment of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act requires a commensurate rejuvenation of privacy safeguards. I look forward to monitoring the FTC's work in this important area."


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