U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones. Markey’s proposed Mobile Device Privacy Act is in response to the recent controversy surrounding the use of Carrier IQ’s user tracking software in millions of mobile phones from companies such as Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile. To read this Computerworld report in full, see: www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223832/Lawmaker_pushes_consumer_notification_bill_in_wake_of_Carrier_IQ_concerns www.pcworld.com/article/248976/lawmaker_pushes_consumer_notification_bill_in_wake_of_carrier_iq_concerns.html
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Wireless Companies to Face New U.S. Disclosure Rules in Draft Legislation Mobile carriers such as AT&T Inc. and makers of wireless devices including HTC Corp. would be required to disclose when phones contain monitoring software under draft legislation in the U.S. House.
The proposed measure released today responds to concerns of lawmakers who learned last year that mobile-phone software provider Carrier IQ Inc. gathered data on wireless phone users. www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-30/wireless-companies-to-face-new-u-s-disclosure-rules-under-bill.html
Carrier IQ privacy flap may spur new federal law Last fall’s privacy flap over Carrier IQ, which makes diagnostic software embedded into millions of mobile phones, may spur federal legislation.
A draft House of Representatives bill would give the Federal Trade Commission the power to regulate “monitoring software” that’s capable of transmitting location data or other information about who’s using the phone. news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57368404-281/carrier-iq-privacy-flap-may-spur-new-federal-law/