Submission Number: 00020 

Received: 12/1/2010 9:36:30 PM
Commenter: Michael Carnes
Organization: 
State: Utah
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: A Preliminary FTC Staff Report on "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers"
Attachments: No Attachments
Submission Text
I am very much in favor of this proposal. I do understand that many web sites base their business models on such information-gathering. It may be that no harm is intended, but existing practice also shows that these companies change their terms of service with little or no acquiescence by the customers. Data has a habit of living on, and can be put to uses not intended or envisioned by the original collectors. Consumers have every right to limit or prevent gathering of this data.