The FTC has been making noise about actually doing something. [1] There are also proposals to W3C defining a 'Do Not Track' HTTP header rather than cookies. [2]

The FTC has been making noise about actually doing something. [1] There are also proposals to W3C defining a 'Do Not Track' HTTP header rather than cookies. [2] [1] http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/12/privacyreport.shtm http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/12/privacyreport.shtm [2] http://www.w3.org/QA/2011/02/do_not_track_at_w3c.html http://www.w3.org/QA/2011/02/do_not_track_at_w3c.html