{"id":2930,"date":"2011-03-02T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:59:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T06:59:19","slug":"mozillas-comments-in-response-to-the-ftcs-inquiry-on-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/mozillas-comments-in-response-to-the-ftcs-inquiry-on-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla&#8217;s Comments in Response to the FTC&#8217;s Inquiry on Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Last week Mozilla submitted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/00480.html\" target=\"_blank\">comments<\/a> to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in response to their request for comment on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/full\/44488139?access_key=key-2iycp84rpf9nrlt4zusm\" target=\"_blank\">proposal describing a new framework for protecting consumer privacy<\/a> in both online and offline environments. The FTC sought input on a   broad range of of issues from online privacy protections for children to   the blending of distinctions  between PII and non-PII. More than 400   comments were submitted from a wide array of interests including\u00a0   individuals, consumer groups, advocacy coalitions, advertisers, social   networks and all kinds of service providers. You can see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/\" target=\"_blank\">complete list here<\/a>. It&#8217;s worth reading a few of these to get a sense of the discourse (i.e. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/00341.html\" target=\"_blank\">Future of Privacy Forum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/00413.html\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/00469.html\" target=\"_blank\"> CDT<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/comments\/privacyreportframework\/00452.html\" target=\"_blank\">US Chamber of Commerce<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In summary, the Mozilla comments recommended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expanding the definition of personal information to data that can be   reasonably linked to a specific consumer, computer or device. The   emergence of browsing history, geolocation, behavioral advertising data,   browser fingerprints and the social graph are examples of personal   information that warrant additional consideration to prevent unintended   secondary uses.<\/li>\n<li>Adding industry best practices, standardization and technology tools   to Privacy By Design initiatives to help consumers make sense of an array of similar and confusing privacy   configurations across the Web.<\/li>\n<li>Adoption and creation of a uniform and comprehensive choice   mechanism through a new Do Not Track (DNT) HTTP header as part of an evolutionary arc of privacy improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Continued FTC leadership to develop consensus on the scope of DNT as   it relates to online behavioral advertising and implementation across   the online advertising industry.<\/li>\n<li>Using contextual notices in conjunction with other enhancements, such as graphical icons, to improve   online privacy policies and notices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We expect the FTC will spend some time evaluating and organizing the   feedback they received, and later this year, will issue a follow-up   report with suggested next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the many,  many  people who contributed to the comments and in particular, <a href=\"http:\/\/firstpersoncookie.wordpress.com\/\">Alex  Fowler<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sidstamm.com\/\">Sid Stamm<\/a> who led  the drafting and  development process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Mozilla submitted comments to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in response to their request for comment on a proposal describing a new framework for protecting consumer privacy in &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/mozillas-comments-in-response-to-the-ftcs-inquiry-on-privacy\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,65],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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