U.S. Looking To Introduce Online Privacy Law?
By Anna Johnson on July 1st, 2009Two U.S. House subcommittees recently met to discuss privacy issues around online advertising and behavioral targeting.
The two subcommittees – the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and the House Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee – met in a joint hearing to discuss whether federal legislation or self-regulation should govern online privacy.
In April, Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush introduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act to give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) power to require companies with digital data – including personal information – to implement security policies. Rush has said this could be used as the basis for a federal privacy law.
Looks like at least some inside the U.S. Government are itching to pass an online privacy law…
Source: Kate Kaye, “House Members Edge Toward Federal Privacy Legislation,” ClickZ, June 18, 2009
