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Internet Bigwigs Fight NY Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Apr 10, 2008 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the...   Read full story »

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