FCC Urged To Steer Clear Of Online Privacy Issues

The Interactive Advertising Bureau is urging the Federal Communications Commission to refrain from addressing privacy issues in the national broadband plan.

"IAB believes that regulation by the commission, or potentially conflicting regulations from multiple government agencies, could stifle the Internet," the trade group said in a letter to the FCC. "Existing robust self-regulatory principles provide consumers with strong protections in a manner that has allowed the Internet to thrive, thereby benefiting the U.S. economy."

The group's filing came in response to a request for comments about privacy issues raised by the Center for Democracy & Technology. Earlier this month, that organization asked the FCC to solicit input on how to meet consumers' expectations of privacy online and build privacy protections into new technology.