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• Privacy advocates find Obama proposal lacking

  The proposed consumer privacy bill of rights allows companies to limit consumer control, critics say

• Aereo court case: Consumer control over TV vs. broadcaster copyrights

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the copyright infringement case against the streaming TV service

• Critic: NTIA's mobile privacy push has failed

  Privacy advocates say the agency's multistakeholder process on privacy was flawed

• Advocates: FCC should limit big carriers in spectrum auctions

  AT&T says limits on spectrum bidding may be illegal and would subsidize smaller carriers

• NGOs warn of US lobbying efforts against European privacy legislation

  Europe is eyeing strong privacy regulation that some U.S. companies oppose

• Commerce Department will push privacy codes of conduct

  Legislation and regulation move too slowly to deal with Internet privacy issues, a Commerce lawyer said