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FTC Calls for National Privacy Law

posted by martyb on Saturday May 11 2019, @12:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the of-course-it-would-apply-to-the-NSA-too dept.

RandomFactor writes:

Commissioners for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testifying before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday called for a national privacy law.

Such a law would regulate how large tech and social media companies collect, manage, and retain user data.

The lack of a National Privacy Law

keeps the country from parity with the EU and its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...

...or, for that matter, with the state of California, with its California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Several national privacy bills have been introduced in the past 12 months. One, called the Data Care Act (DCA), was introduced by 15 senators and has strong industry support from the likes of Facebook, Apple, Verizon, Google, Twitter, Mozilla and Microsoft. Another was introduced by Washington Senator Suzan Delbene, another by Senator Ron Wyden dubbed the Consumer Data Protection Act, and still another called the American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act by Senator Marco Rubio.

Besides consumer protection, the FTC is looking for more power. Commissioners asked Congress to strengthen the agency's ability to police violations, asking for more resources and greater authority to impose penalties.

The usual concerns attend the bills such as costs to small businesses and startups, compatibility with and effect on existing privacy laws, and resistance to continuing to allow California to dictate in the tech sector.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:14PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:14PM (#842307) Homepage Journal

    Oh, you could write a good privacy law if you tried. It would go something like "don't sell user info and let folks know what user info you collect and how you use it". But in lawyer speak of course because we can't have laws being written that the folks having to follow them can understand.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by RandomFactor on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:30PM (3 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:30PM (#842310) Journal

    DelBene's bill even says no lawyer speak:

    PRIVACY AND DATA USE POLICY.—Provide users with an up-to-date, transparent privacy, security, and data use policy that meets general requirements, including that such policy, presented to users in the context where it applies—

    (A) is concise and intelligible;
    (B) is clear and prominent in appearance;
    (C) uses clear and plain language;
    (D) uses visualizations where appropriate to make complex information understandable by the ordinary user; and
    (E) is provided free of charge.

    ...

    (2) CLEAR AND PROMINENT.—The term ‘‘clear and prominent’’ means in any communication medium, the required disclosure is
    (A) of a type, size, and location sufficiently noticeable for an ordinary consumer to read and comprehend the communication;
    (B) provided in a manner such that an ordinary consumer is able to read and comprehend the communication;
    (C) is presented in an understandable language and syntax;
    (D) includes nothing contrary to, inconsistent with, or that mitigates any statement contained within the disclosure or within any document linked to or referenced therein; and
    (E) includes an option that is compliant with applicable obligations of the operator under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq.).

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:51PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @02:51PM (#842313)

      Looks like popups with audio.

      • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Saturday May 11 2019, @06:24PM

        by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 11 2019, @06:24PM (#842408) Journal

        Script and Ad blocking became my default state back when websites first started abusing the hell out of people with things like that.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday May 11 2019, @03:47PM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday May 11 2019, @03:47PM (#842334) Homepage Journal

      I wonder how that happened. Maybe he missed a meeting with the lobbyists assigned to him.

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