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Hollings Introduces Privacy Bill

Posted by michael on from the private-is-as-private-does dept.

Dynedain writes "Senator Disney (aka Hollings) is apparently trying to get on techies' good side. ZDnet is reporting he is proposing a bill for 'net privacy' requiring opt-in agreements when companies want to sell 'sensitive' information (medical history, sexual preference, etc.) and opt-out agreements when selling non-sensitive (buying habits). US Chamber of Commerce is opposing this." Another article on Newsbytes notes that there are likely to be several privacy bills floating around, offering different levels of actual protection.

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  1. In several newspaper op-ed columns by wiredog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've seen him referred to as "Senator Hollings (D-Disney)".

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  2. What Disney wants... by WinPimp2K · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nope, Eisner is sweating bullets that someone will access Walt's medical data and find out that he was scheduled for revival in 2001, but that some one named M. Eisner MD, delayed the procedure till a date (in true MD handwriting) that looks suspiciously like "hell freezes over"

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