More on Internet Privacy Legislation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday April 26, 2002 @06:41AM from the prior-proper-planning-protects-privacy dept.

Last week we noted that Senator Hollings had introduced a privacy bill and that there were likely to be more introduced. Now Salon has a piece critical of Hollings' bill. EPIC wrote about it as well, and they seem to think it's not too bad, all things considered. Read Hollings' bill yourself and decide who's right. Also of note is a bill introduced in the House that would require all Federal agencies to prepare privacy impact statements (the ACLU has a summary) akin to the environmental impact statements now required for actions adversely affecting the environment. Seems like a good idea to me.

1 of 135 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

...more legislation by gstevens · 2002-04-26 06:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Lovely, just more legislation for the hell of it. We get closer to a totalitarian state every day...
We've gotta keep those Senators and Reps employed, you know.

(Please note: I am not for or against any of these bills, as I have not read them. However, I am completely frustrated with the number of bills pertaining to person freedom that are getting introduced every day.)