Trump Privacy Pitch May Get Public Scrutiny on Road to Congress

The Trump administration likely will seek public comment on a new online privacy proposal it is hammering out with tech companies before sending it to Congress. The White House is working with technology giants on a legislative proposal through the National Economic Council and the Commerce Department. Commerce is likely to invite the public to weigh in on the plan before it goes to Capitol Hill. The administration started the talks in late June and has since held 22 meetings involving 80 organizations in a fluid process, according to Anne Veigle, a spokeswoman for the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “To help formulate privacy principles, NTIA is engaged in a broad outreach to all sectors of the economy, privacy, civil society and consumer groups as well as other impacted governmental organizations including Congress,” she said.