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Recap -- Privacy and Data Security: Protecting Consumers in the Modern World

Submitted: June 29, 2011 - 5:22pm
Last updated: July 5, 2011 - 1:48pm
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building - 253, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Recommendation:
2

After a meeting June 28 between Sens. John Rockefeller (D-WV) and John Kerry (D-MA), it appears that the two may be one step closer to some consensus about their respective digital privacy bills.

Consumers want privacy, do-not-track rules

Submitted: June 29, 2011 - 8:40am
Last updated: June 29, 2011 - 8:53am
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building - 253, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Recommendation:
2

The vast majority of Internet users want to be able to stop companies from tracking their online activity and feel the government should take a more active role in safeguarding their privacy, according to a poll by Consumers Union.

Commerce Department Supports Privacy Bill

Submitted: June 29, 2011 - 8:39am
Last updated: June 29, 2011 - 8:50am
Location:
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 4830, Washington, DC, 20230, United States
Recommendation:
2

The Department of Commerce's General Counsel, Cameron Kerry, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee today and plans to say that the Administration backs consumer data privacy legislation that includes a privacy bill of rights and codes of conduct produced in concert with industry and enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission, but it also stresses there are necessary limits to government action.

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Date: Jun 29 2011 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building - 253, Washington, DC, 20002, United States

Privacy and Data Security: Protecting Consumers in the Modern World

Senate Commerce Committee
Jun 29 2011
10:00 AM

The hearing will examine how entities collect, maintain, secure, and use personal information in today’s economy and whether consumers are adequately protected under current law. The Commerce Committee will hear from representatives from relevant government agencies as well as business and consumer advocate stakeholders.

Please note the hearing will also be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website at http://commerce.senate.gov

Witness Panel 1

Julie Brill
Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission

Cameron F. Kerry
General Counsel
U.S. Department of Commerce

Austin Schlick
General Counsel
Federal Communications Commission

Witness Panel 2

Scott Taylor
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer
Hewlett-Packard Company

Stuart Pratt
President and CEO
Consumer Data Industry Association

Ioana Rusu
Regulatory Counsel
Consumers Union

Tim Schaaff
President
Sony Network Entertainment International

Thomas M. Lenard Ph.D.
President and Senior Fellow
Technology Policy Institute

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