Mobile Device Privacy Act Seeks to Curtail Smartphone Monitoring
By Karla Robinson
February 1, 2012
February 1, 2012
- Following the controversy over network diagnostics software Carrier IQ, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey has released draft legislation that would require consumer consent for any monitoring.
- Called the “Mobile Device Privacy Act,” the legislation would require full disclosure concerning monitoring software when a consumer buys a mobile phone. It would also require written consent before manufacturers can collect or transmit information and establishes security policies for handling personal information received.
- “Consumers have the right to know and to say no to the presence of software on their mobile devices that can collect and transmit their personal and sensitive information,” Markey said.
- For now, the draft is still in the early stages of the legislation process and would take time to be enforced.
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