Privacy Group: Gov Needs Chief Privacy Officer

The Future of Privacy Forum on Tuesday recommended that President-elect Barack Obama appoint a chief privacy officer to promote fair information practices in the public and private sector and ensure that interactive tools used by government are transparent to citizens. The recently launched group, which is backed by AT&T, also called for a standard definition of "personal information" and said the FTC should be given more technology and research resources as well as enhanced criminal law enforcement support.