6 posts and columns on Edward Markey

Markey, EPIC Won’t Let Google Wi-Spy Die

in News on April 18 at 3:03 pm PT

The outcry over Google’s Wi-Spy debacle continues.
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Congressmen Press Facebook On Privacy (Again)

in Social on May 12, 2011 at 1:37 am PT

How Facebook polices its wide world of apps is once again under the spotlight in Washington. On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Edward Markey and Joe Barton sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a two-page letter with questions about a security flaw that gave advertisers a way to access users’ personal information.

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Cellphone Companies Defend Privacy Practices

in News on April 29, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

U.S. lawmakers called for closer scrutiny of developers that make software for mobile phones, after wireless carriers highlighted them as a weak spot in keeping smartphone users’ locations private.

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Proposed Law Would Prohibit Web Collection of Data on Kids

in News on December 2, 2010 at 8:34 am PT

Legislation set to be introduced early next year would prohibit companies from tracking children on the Internet without parental consent. Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey, a Democrat, plans to propose legislation that, if passed, would go well beyond current federal law that requires websites aimed at children under 13 to obtain parental permission before collecting personal information such as kids’ names or email addresses.

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Privacy Defense Mounted

in News on October 8, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Eleven of the nation’s largest website operators defended their privacy practices to lawmakers, saying it is impossible for them to monitor all the tracking technologies their sites install on visitors’ computers. The operators, including Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and AOL Inc., say they are improving disclosures about online tracking and offering users more ways to protect their privacy.

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Democrats Tell FCC to Push for "Net Neutrality"

in News on September 17, 2009 at 11:46 am PT

Senior House Democrats told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday it should do more to stop Internet providers from playing favorites among content providers, brushing aside opposition from Republicans and some large telecom firms.