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The creators of privacy-based search-engine DuckDuckGo have written proposed legislation for the US that would enforce greater privacy of online user data when people enable Do Not Track features in their browser. As DuckDuckGo write, currently many websites ignore when people enable the Do Not Track setting in their browser.
Overview of the Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
The full act: The Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
If you live in the US and want to contact your representative's office and ask that they support this act, here are some resources to help with getting in touch:
House of representatives search by zip-code: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
House of representatives directory: https://www.house.gov/representatives
Senator directory: https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm
Here's How To Contact Your U.S. Senators & Representatives
The CEO of DuckDuckGo has made posts on Quora advocating for online privacy and explaining DDG's business model: What-is-What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?
Overview of the Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
When you turn on the setting in your browser that says “Do Not Track”, you probably expect to no longer be tracked on most websites you visit. Right? Well, you would be wrong. But don’t worry, you’re not alone.
Our recent study on the Do Not Track (DNT) browser setting indicated that about a quarter of people have turned on this setting, and most were unaware big sites do not respect it. That means approximately 75 million Americans, 115 million citizens of the European Union, and many more people worldwide are, right now, broadcasting a DNT signal.
All of these people are actively asking the sites they visit to not track them. Unfortunately, no law requires websites to respect your Do Not Track signals, and the vast majority of sites, including most all of the big tech companies, sadly choose to simply ignore them.
Let’s change that now. Let’s put teeth behind this widely used browser setting by making a law that would align with current consumer expectations and empower people to more easily regain control of their online privacy.
The full act: The Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
If you live in the US and want to contact your representative's office and ask that they support this act, here are some resources to help with getting in touch:
House of representatives search by zip-code: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
House of representatives directory: https://www.house.gov/representatives
Senator directory: https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm
Here's How To Contact Your U.S. Senators & Representatives
The CEO of DuckDuckGo has made posts on Quora advocating for online privacy and explaining DDG's business model: What-is-What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?