Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) is drafting a bill that would impose broad new rules on websites and advertisers. His goal: to ensure that consumers know what information is being collected about them on the web and how it is being used, and to give them control over that information. Boucher insists his bill will benefit consumers and preserve the underlying economics of the internet, which relies on advertising to keep so much online content free….(read the full AP article)
Associated Press, Sept. 7