California do-not-track-bill could lead the nation in online privacy laws
California may end up leading the way in creating laws that could end the siphoning of personal data and surfing habits on the Internet by Web browsers and websites.
State Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation Wednesday that would create the nation's first formal do-not-track law, an idea that has been mulled over on federal levels for months.
Times reporters Marc Lifsher and Jessica Guynn reported on Lowenthal's new bill Wednesday, writing that the law would create a system that would tell websites not to monitor the actions of Web surfers on not only computers but also smartphones, tablets and any other device that accesses the Internet.
From Lifsher and Guynn's report:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/california-do-not-track-bill-could-leave-the-nation-in-online-privacy-laws.html