Mobile device users’ privacy will be safeguarded under a new transparency code of conduct created in an effort involving 40 groups ranging from businesses to advocacy groups and led by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling hailed the code as “a seminal milestone in the efforts to enhance consumer privacy on mobile devices.” Perhaps Strickling spoke too soon: Only two participants endorsed the code; 20 supported it, while 17 voted for further consideration and one objected.
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The Controversial, Toothless, 'Landmark' Mobile Transparency Code
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 2, 2013 05:00 AMMobile device users’ privacy will be safeguarded under a new transparency code of conduct created in an effort involving 40 groups ranging from businesses to advocacy groups and led by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling hailed the code as “a seminal milestone in the efforts to enhance consumer privacy on mobile devices.” Perhaps Strickling spoke too soon: Only two participants endorsed the code; 20 supported it, while 17 voted for further consideration and one objected.