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US lawmakers kick off debate over online privacy
US lawmakers opened a debate Tuesday over privacy legislation in the first step by Congress toward regulation addressing a series of troublesome data protection abuses by tech firms.
Most companies have said they would accept new federal legislation in the wake of bombshell revelations about Facebook and other online platforms' mishandling of users' personal data.
Lawmakers face several key choices, including whether to adopt the model in the European Union's data protection rules, and whether to pre-empt the strict privacy rules adopted by California.
A House of Representatives committee hearing on Tuesday is to be followed by a Senate panel Wednesday where industry and interest groups will make recommendations on US legislation.
Legislators are likely to find broad agreement on the need for greater transparency regarding the collection and sharing of data, and on tougher enforcement for violations.
Beyond that, sharp differences exist on how tightly tech firms should be reined in.
"A federal law must include basic rights for individuals to access, correct, delete and port their personal data," said Nuala O'Connor, president of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a digital rights group, in testimony prepared for the House Energy and Commerce panel.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 27 2019, @12:37PM (3 children)
Great, like I didn't have enough actually important shit to code up for the site already. Now I'm going to have to jump through bullshit hoops to protect the data we don't collect.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday February 27 2019, @01:38PM (2 children)
Nope. You'll have to "jump through bullshit hoops to demonstrate that you protect the data you don't collect."
Which may be:
1. a blessing - if you can BS them without much effort; like showing them a dummy-never-to-be-used 'private data table' with all the columns encrypted and then all the other tables containing non-private data that doesn't need protection;
*or*
2. a curse - if you have to jump through bullshit hoops to actually protect some data and then demonstrate it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 27 2019, @01:59PM
Nah, any work that I have to do to show that we don't collect or use data from our users is time taken away from something actually useful like site coding or fishing.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 27 2019, @03:48PM
Encrypted columns of null. Wonder what that would look like?