FTC Privacy Czar To Entrepreneurs: “If You Don’t Want To See Us, Don’t Collect Data Y

ronjor · Oct 18, 2011

By Rip Emerson

David Vladeck, The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (a wing of the FTC), was appointed by the Chairman of the FTC, Jon Leibowitz, in April 2009. Today, Vladeck took the stage to speak in conjunction with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, to talk about privacy and consumer protection in the digital age.

Vladeck started out his portion of the talk this afternoon with a humorous analogy, saying that, for those unfamiliar with his job and what it is he does, he’s a bit like a gym teacher at the high school prom — with the high school prom in this case being the world wide internet. His job is to be a chaperone, or a regulator — as the case demands. Basically, to put it bluntly, he said:
“I’m the guy you don’t want to meet … and frankly I don’t want to meet you either”.
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/ft...ant-to-see-us-dont-collect-data-you-dont-need

Baserk · Oct 18, 2011

Interesting article.
'As more and more young people start using the Web, developers need to be aware that pulling geo-location data, email addresses, etc. of children is illegal, and that the FTC will be cracking down.'

'Children' are all those, younger than 18, I guess?
Banning collection of (identifiable) geo-location data could make quite a few companies a tad nervous. I'd seem ideal for marketing purposes.
David Vladeck; Like +1.

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