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Lawmakers this week questioned whether businesses are amassing too much data about consumers without their knowledge or consent. “We have moved from an era of privacy keepers to privacy peepers and data mining reapers,” Rep. Ed. Markey (D-Mass.) said at a hearing about data collection. Markey, who has previously said that consumers should be able to opt out of online behavioral targeting, reiterated calls for consumers to have the ability prevent companies from collecting data. “They should have the right to say no,” he said. The hearing, held by the Subcommittees on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and Communications, Technology, and the Internet, addressed both online and offline data collection. Read the full article