Google has confirmed it'll continue to allow U.S. sites to opt out from having their data scraped and displayed in the SERPs following expiry of Google’s 2012 voluntary commitments to the FTC.

“We believe that these policies provide additional flexibility for developers and websites, and we will continue them as policies after the commitments expire,” Google told the FTC in a letter published today.

PDF file of letter to FTC [ftc.gov...]