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DuckDuckGo Proposes the “Do-Not-Track Act of 2019”

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:19AM   
from the next-up-is-the-unicorns-pooping-skittles-act dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Search engine and consumer privacy advocate DuckDuckGo has announced the "Do-Not-Track Act of 2019," a piece of draft legislation that would legally require sites to honor users' tracking preferences.

[...]If the act picks up steam and passes into law, sites would be required to cease certain user tracking methods, which means less data available to inform marketing and advertising campaigns.

The impact could also cascade into platforms that leverage consumer data, possibly making them less effective. For example, one of the advantages of advertising on a platform like Google or Facebook is the ability to target audiences. If a user enables DNT, the ads displayed to them when on browsing[sic] those websites won't be informed by their external browsing history.

[Ed Note: By proposed they mean "That's why we're announcing draft legislation that can serve as a starting point for legislators in America and beyond. "]

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• Re:Just remember that DuckDuckGo Re:Just remember that DuckDuckGo (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:56PM (2 children)

  by Runaway1956 (2926) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:56PM (#840789) Journal

  I don't think he was trying to make a point. He made a point.

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• Re:Just remember that DuckDuckGo (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @03:45PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @03:45PM (#840818) Journal

  Thank you.

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• Re:Just remember that DuckDuckGo (Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday May 09 2019, @08:03AM

  by deimtee (3272) on Thursday May 09 2019, @08:03AM (#841242) Journal

  He is using 'taxes' in a deceptive way.
  In the the second bracketed term in the first equation it refers to personal income tax, as this is for an individual only.

  Disposable income = (wages + universalBasicIncome) - (taxes + costOfLiving + sjwExpensesDuesFees)

  In the second equation he uses the term 'taxes' to refer to all government revenue, as this is summed across the population.

  Therefore: taxes > universalBasicIncome

  Places like Norway and Alaska show that governments can in fact invest money and pay a UBI from dividends.

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