Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz says he hopes to announce updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act this week. The commission released a draft revision to the act in August, which was met with resistance by companies concerned that the changes would “burden websites, stifle online commerce and infringe on constitutionally protected free-speech rights,” The Hill reports. Meanwhile, Ad Age reports on a number of initiatives in Washington, DC, related to mobile privacy, including a meeting today by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on creating a standard for mobile app privacy notifications.
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