2009-09-01
Letter to House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Urging Enactment of Consumer Privacy Guarantees
September 1, 2009
The Honorable Bobby L. Rush
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
2416 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable George Radanovich
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
2410 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Rush and Ranking Member Radanovich:
The following organizations offer this letter and the attached primer for your careful consideration. These documents were developed with the goal of recommending solutions for and informing your Committee of important gaps in consumer privacy protection. While the recommendations are not exhaustive, they do represent areas of consensus among leading organizations concerned with consumer privacy.
Letter to House Energy Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet Urging Enactment of Consumer Privacy Guarantees
September 1, 2009
The Honorable Rick Boucher
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Cliff Stearns
U.S. House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
2370 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Boucher and Ranking Member Stearns:
The following organizations offer this letter and the attached primer for your careful consideration. These documents were developed with the goal of recommending solutions for and informing your Committee of important gaps in consumer privacy protection. While the recommendations are not exhaustive, they do represent areas of consensus among leading organizations concerned with consumer privacy.
Behavioral Tracking and Targeting Two Pager -- September 2009
Privacy is a fundamental right in the United States. For four decades, the foundation of U.S. privacy policies has been based on Fair Information Practices: collection limitation, data quality, purpose specification, use limitation, security safeguards, openness, individual participation, and accountability. Those principles ensure that individuals are able to control their personal information, help to protect human dignity, hold accountable organizations that collect personal data, promote good business practices, and limit the risk of identity theft.
Consumer And Privacy Groups Urge Congress to Enact Consumer Privacy Guarantees
For Immediate Release: September 1, 2009
Center for Digital Democracy Consumer Federation of America Consumers Union Consumer Watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation Privacy Lives Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Privacy Times U.S. Public Interest Research Group The World Privacy Forum
Contact: Jeff Chester, 202-494-7100; John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, ext 317, Cell: 310-292-1902; Amina Fazlullah, 202-546-9707, Cell: 650-814-8003 and Susan Grant, 202-387-6121, ext. 119
WASHINGTON -- A coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today called on Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy in response to threats from the growing practices of online behavioral tracking and targeting.
Online Behavioral Tracking and Targeting: Legislative Primer September 2009
Online Behavioral Tracking and Targeting Concerns and Solutions from the Perspective of:
