Last month, Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts presented a bill to
protect the privacy of Americans online. In response, a group of companies doing
business on the Internet has now formed a nonprofit-making organisation called
eTrust (http://www.etrust.org). The plan is to license a series of standard
logos to Web sites, which will tell anyone logging on how much information is
being collected about them, and how it may be used.
More from New Scientist
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Technology
Google shouldn鈥檛 be pressuring schools to use its AI
91色情片
Technology
Australia鈥檚 social media ban faces high court challenge
News
Technology
The nuclear waste repository in Finland designed to outlast modern civilisation
Features
Technology
How did the biggest crypto heist in history just happen?
News
Popular articles
Trending New Scientist articles