Breaking down Internet privacy legislation
November 9, 2010
There may be gridlock with some technology policy issues in a Republican-led House, but Internet privacy won't be held up in the jam, Reed Smith attorneys Amy Mushahwar and Judy Harris, said. The debates will circle around exactly what kind of information would be defined as personally identifiable to created behavioral advertising platforms. Companies, privacy groups and lawmakers will debate how Web sites can share information with third parties and whether consumers will only have that information shared on a voluntary or involuntary basis. "The devil will be in the details," Mushahwar said.
Breaking down Internet privacy legislation