WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV issued the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unveiled its online privacy report with recommendations for the industry and policymakers:  

“This report encourages Congress to pass legislation to promote consumer online privacy protection, and I think that’s a recommendation the Committee needs to seriously consider.  I also agree with the FTC’s conclusion that online companies need to do a better job of honoring consumer requests when they make a ‘do-not-track’ request on their Internet browsers.  Those companies said they’d do that, and they need to make good.”

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