Ari Sharp and Asher Moses report: A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the government’s plans to snoop on web users’ internet communications. The inquiry, pushed through by the Greens, will examine privacy protections and data collection on social networking sites and the…
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U.S. Senators Joe Lierberman and Susan Collins addressed misconceptions about the Cybersecurity bill
Ahead of the Thursday, June 24, 2010 mark-up of this critical cybersecurity bill, Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Susan Collins, R-Me., its Ranking Member, have issued the following fact sheet describing the intent and impact of their bipartisan legislation. This document also addresses some misconceptions…
Live from the House: Conversation with Reps. Boucher and Stearns about the Boucher Bill
Danielle Citron writes: On the Hill today, Chris Wolf and Jules Polonetsky, co-chairs of the think tank The Future of Privacy, moderated a discussion about the notice-and-choice Boucher bill (see my post here) with its co-sponsors Representatives Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns. Of note, the Representatives shared what motivated them to write the bill. Both…
FTC says current privacy laws aren’t ‘working’
Declan McCullagh reports: A Federal Trade Commission representative delivered a stern indictment of current privacy laws on Monday, saying they fail to protect American consumers and instead place too much of a “burden” on them. The existing constellation of privacy laws, which relies heavily on disclosure of data collection and use practices and informed consumer…