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U.S. Unveils First Step Toward New Online Privacy Rules
The US administration called Tuesday for public comments on a "new approach to consumer data privacy" that could trigger fresh regulations of internet companies.
The Commerce Department said the announcement is part of an effort to "modernize US data privacy policy for the 21st century."
The move follows the implementation this year of ramped up data protection rules imposed by the European Union, and a new privacy law enacted in California.
Both measures will impact internet firms whose websites can be accessed around the globe.
Privacy and data protection have come into greater focus in response to these new laws, and also because of growing concerns on how private data is handled following revelations on the hijacking of millions of Facebook user profiles by a political consultancy ahead of the 2016 election.
"The United States has a long history of protecting individual privacy, but our challenges are growing as technology becomes more complex, interconnected and integrated into our daily lives," said David Redl, who heads the agency's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
(Score: 3, Informative) by Chromium_One on Sunday September 30 2018, @06:14PM
Given current trends, I fully expect the first draft of such a bill to consist of little more than "All Your Base Are Belong To Anyone Who Pays Us." The responses to the inevitable anger of the portion of the public who can be bothered to pay attention will be first to ignore them, then to try and quash the outcry, then if we're really lucky a rigged public comments event much like happened with Net Neutrality. Then the next round of lawsuits that will take forever to even attempt to get anywhere.
When you live in a sick society, everything you do is wrong.