Communications Daily: Cyber Mark Commenters Disagree on Consumers’ Data Needs

The consumer filing also urged that the FCC require release of a relatively broad amount of information as part of the label. The filing lists the types of sensors on a device “including cameras, microphones, thermometers, presence sensors, etc.” and “the data and the inferences those sensors collect especially if they can be used to detect location or sensitive information about a person.” Lack of a requirement that provides privacy information, “especially sensor data collection and its purpose is a serious oversight that must be corrected in order to meet the needs of American consumers and establish their trust in the program,” the filing said. Also signing the filing were Consumer Reports, Public Knowledge and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. 

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