Groups Urge FTC Crackdown on Online Data Collection

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the Center for Digital Democracy, and the World Privacy Forum want the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on online data collection. The said unregulated data-collection practices by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others threaten privacy and rob consumers of the "financial benefits of their own data."

Three consumer advocacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the online data -collection activities of Google, Microsoft , Yahoo and other companies that engage in real-time advertising auctions and data exchanges. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and the World Privacy Forum believe an FTC investigation is warranted to counter what they characterize as growing consumer privacy threats.

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