Nate Anderson reports: Major Internet privacy legislation was unveiled today (PDF) by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL). Under the bill, companies would be forbidden from using your cell phone’s geolocation information without your consent, and the same goes for information on your race, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. For most other…
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Lawmakers Draft Web-Ad Privacy Safeguards
Lawmakers are working on privacy safeguards for online advertising. Here are some links to news stories sent in by a PogoWasRight.org reader: Emily Steel reports, “Lawmakers Draft Web-Ad Privacy Safeguards,” in the Wall Street Journal. A press release issued by Consumer Watchdog, “Consumer and Privacy Groups Warn Online Tracking at ‘Alarming Levels,’ Joint Letter to…
Draft Testimony on Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Orin Kerr writes: On Wednesday afternoon, I will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The hearing is a response to the four proposals of the Digital Due Process coalition, a group of tech companies, privacy groups, and individuals…
Boucher to release privacy bill
Juliana Gruenwald reports: Ahead of the expected release Tuesday of a House privacy bill, a group of public interest and privacy groups wrote House members Monday calling on them to support the inclusion of principles aimed at giving consumers more control over their personal information. House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va.,…