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Department of Commerce Proposed Privacy Framework: Context Matters

Posted on February 3, 2011

Posted in Department of Commerce, United States

It is no surprise that the 97 comments filed in response to the Department of Commerce’s Green Paper on “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework” take a range of positions on issues such as the need for federal privacy legislation, the relevance of…

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Commerce Privacy Report Comments Due January 28

By Inside Privacy on December 22, 2010

Posted in Online, United States

The Department of Commerce’s request for comments on its “green paper” regarding Internet privacy was just published in the Federal Register. Comments on the paper are due January 28, 2011.

More information and Covington’s analysis of the green paper are available in our earlier post.
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Covington Analysis on Commerce Privacy Report: Urges Self-Regulation and “Privacy Bill of Rights”

By Inside Privacy on December 17, 2010

Posted in United States

The Department of Commerce has just issued its much-anticipated “green paper” on online privacy. The paper, “Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework” [PDF], reflects Commerce’s stepped-up focus on privacy issues coming out the formation of its Internet Policy Task Force…
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