Senator Prevents Action on Online Privacy Bill

securitas writes "The NYTimes tells us Senator Trent Lott forced the Senate Commerce Committee to adjourn this morning as it was on the verge of adopting an online privacy bill requiring ISPs and commercial Web sites to get customers' permission before they could disclose important personal information. That would include financial, medical, ethnic, religious and political information along with Social Security data and sexual orientation. I urge Trent Lott's constituents to make your voices heard on this. Same goes for readers whose senators serve on the Senate Commerce Committee." Salon and EPIC have written about Hollings' bill.

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Sore loser

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Mr. Lott, a Mississippi Republican, had been on the losing side of a series of votes on amendments.

Lott just burns me up. His pissing and moaning seems even to extreme for a republican. Aside from in issue which may increase litigation (which IS our right, to see redress, etc.) I can't figure where someone would expect the average citizen to tolerate business swapping information, which may be inaccurate and used to deny service or increase cost to citizens. Seems we're always being left in the 'opt-out' mode by someone from a state which really is a backwater for american business. I'm also puzzled by McCain's tack on this, as it seems contrary to his norm.