Several Web browsers, including Mozilla's Firefox, enable users to request additional privacy online via a "do not track" button. But there's no consensus on how much privacy the button should offer users. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images /NPR
by Martin Kaste | NPR
Government regulators in the U.S. and Europe are putting pressure on the online advertising industry to adopt a new Web
But there’s no consensus yet on how much privacy users should expect. An Internet industry task force convenes Tuesday in Washington to try to hash that out.browser option called “do not track.” The option is designed to let people request more privacy from the websites they visit.
Some browsers, like Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox, already come with a “do not track” button. Other browsers are expected to add the feature soon.
