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Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, has introduced the Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011, a bill that would require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of personal information obtained by tracking an individual’s online behavior. The bill would also provide […]

Today the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing entitled “The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers.” The hearing discussed the need for a uniform national standard for data security and data breach notification. The witness list, witness statements and an archived webcast of the […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing today entitled “Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy.” The hearing discussed privacy implications of smartphones and other mobile applications, including location data and encryption. The witness list, witness statements and an archived webcast of the hearing may be found here.

Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and Jim Matheson (D-Utah), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, have introduced the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011. The bill would require covered entities to disclose to consumers in clear and easy to understand language what […]

Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and John McCain (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the Commerce Committee, have introduced the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011, to establish a framework to protect the personal information of all Americans. The bi-partisan bill would establish protections […]