Lawmakers introduce draft bill to prevent children from being tracked online

Cecilia Kang reports:

House lawmakers on Friday will introduce the draft of a privacy bill aimed at protecting children by blocking Web sites from tracking the young users of the Internet.

Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) co-authored the “Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011,” which will significantly strengthen and update online privace laws for children first created 14 years ago, according to a staff aide.

Read more in the Washington Post.