Hollings Introduces Privacy Bill

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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[Lendrick]

Privacy bills are generally a good thing. We Slashdotters would rather bash Fritz Hollings for the other legislative idiocy he's been trying to pass.

Note: Do yourself a favor and don't actually click on the Fritz Hollings link.

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[GypC]

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