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As if Facebook didn't have enough to worry about, now we have word the Trump administration is working behind the scenes on potential legislation to better protect consumer privacy on the Internet. And that Commerce Dept. officials have been meeting with tech giants like Facebook and Google, as well as such Internet providers as AT&T, ahead of moving forward on any proposal.
The goal appears to be to craft a set of principles for how companies should collect and handle private consumer information, according to reporting from The Washington Post. Which, of course, goes right to the core of how Facebook and Google operate and gives them plenty reason to worry about the direction that the first comprehensive online privacy law could take, should such a thing materialize.
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Trump officials may be about to bring the hammer down on Facebook and other tech giants originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 at 15:44:08 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As if Facebook didn't have enough to worry about, now we have word the Trump administration is working behind the scenes on potential legislation to better protect consumer privacy on the Internet. And that Commerce Dept. officials have been meeting with tech giants like Facebook and Google, as well as such Internet providers as AT&T, ahead of moving forward on any proposal.
The goal appears to be to craft a set of principles for how companies should collect and handle private consumer information, according to reporting from The Washington Post. Which, of course, goes right to the core of how Facebook and Google operate and gives them plenty reason to worry about the direction that the first comprehensive online privacy law could take, should such a thing materialize.
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Trump officials may be about to bring the hammer down on Facebook and other tech giants originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 28 Jul 2018 at 15:44:08 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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