The Federal Trade Commission is considering an industrywide initiative -- tentatively titled “Reclaim Your Name” -- to give consumers access to their own records held by so-called data
brokers. Referring to the F.T.C.’s Julie Brill, The New York Times’ Bits blog writes: “She envisions an online portal where data brokers would describe their data collection
practices and their consumer access policies.”
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