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On May 9, 2011, Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, introduced the Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011.  The bill tasks the Federal Trade Commission with creating and implementing a do-not-track (“DNT”) mechanism for users who do not want to have personal information collected by providers of online services. 

As we previously noted, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) dropped do-not-track legislation in February, and another DNT bill is making its way through the California State Senate.  The following summarizes Sen. Rockefeller’s bill and highlights some key differences from Rep. Speier’s H.R. 654.Continue Reading Sen. Rockefeller Introduces Do-Not-Track Bill

As we previously posted, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced federal do-not-track legislation in February.  California State Senator Alan Lowenthal announced at a press conference earlier this week that he is backing a similar bill in the California legislature, with the support of Consumer Watchdog and other public advocacy groups. 

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Just a week after the Obama Administration announced its support for comprehensive privacy legislation in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) has released a draft bill that attempts to respond to the Administration’s call for broad baseline privacy protections for consumers.   Kerry’s bill, which is co-sponsored by…

Continue Reading Kerry, McCain Circulate “Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights”

The pace of privacy legislation at the federal level has begun to pick up, with news that Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL) both will introduce comprehensive privacy bills in the coming days or weeks.

In discussing Senator Kerry’s proposal, staff have suggested that it will build…
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