In what apparently is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s backing of the move that Internet users should be able to easily block others from monitoring their online activity, the commission Wednesday said that it proposes to mandate Web browsers’ “do not track” setting, which can only be imposed by an act of Congress.

The Federal Trade Commission revealed on Monday that it has unveiled widespread data breaches at companies, schools and local governments whose employees are indulging in swapping music, software and movie files over the Internet.

Noting that the recent changes made by Facebook to its users’ privacy policy will make too much user information available to the public, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) – a group that backs Internet privacy – filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday.

According to a Monday statement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the guidelines pertaining to endorsements and testimonials in advertising will soon undergo a much-needed revision, in a move that would not only regulate blogging for the first time and also mandate that testimonials show distinctive results.