Obama Administration to Announce Internet Privacy Voluntary Guidelines

The Washington Post is reporting that

The Obama administration on Thursday [February 23] plans to announce voluntary guidelines for Web companies to protect consumers’ privacy online, a win for Google, Facebook and other Internet giants that have fought against heavier federal mandates. The White House did not include a much-debated “do not track” rule that would have forced companies to offer users the choice of stopping advertisers from tracking their activities across the Web.

The White House already has a lenghty fact sheet up on its website describing what it calls "The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights."