[e-privacy] New Mobile-Phone Privacy Law Proposed

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Rep. Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) unveiled draft legislation Monday
requiring mobile-phone carriers to reveal if they are employing tracking
software such as Carrier IQ.

“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 in The Hill.

Under the Mobile Device Privacy Act (.pdf), consumers would have to
consent that data from their phones would be sent to third parties, like
Carrier IQ in Mountain View, California.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/new-mobile-phone-privacy-law-proposed/