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Online Protections for Children Bill Passes Committee Despite Concern over FTC Authority
Opposition to a reformed COPPA include the ability of the FTC to enact broad rule-making.
The entire concept of privacy has been transformed by broadband and the internet.
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Opposition to a reformed COPPA include the ability of the FTC to enact broad rule-making.
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The American Data Privacy and Protection Act cleared committee 53-2, with pushback from California legislators.
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‘It is time to act,’ Alan Davidson said at an event Thursday.
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The American Data Privacy and Protection Act said to be years in the making.
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Former Google executive Richard Whitt critiqued Ben Tarnoff’s argument in ‘Internet for the People’ during Gigabit Libraries discussion.
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‘We can’t keep overhauling the regulatory structure.’
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The draft privacy law includes a provision to enhance privacy protections online for children under 17.
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The bill is bipartisan, and a joint effort between the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee.
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‘The key to striking the right balance lies in ‘guided FTC rulemaking’ in a federal law, echoed by privacy experts and private sector companies alike.’
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What should state leaders be doing to procure a safer, healthier information environment?
Robocall
There are new proposed rules that offer legal protections to those aiding in enforcement efforts against illegal robocalls.
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Different state privacy laws stifle competition and places burdens on small companies, experts say.
Comedian John Oliver wants the federal government to work on federal privacy legislation.
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Emerging state-level privacy bills have common threads with existing ones in California, Colorado and Virginia.
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DuckDuckGo argued that its contextual ads are effective and not intrusive.
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The EU has sweeping privacy rules in place that could further influence global companies, as U.S. still without unified legislation.