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Privacy & Civil Liberties
Includes the right to privacy, online tracking, behavioral marketing and surveillance.
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National Legislation
S 418: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013
Sponsor: John Rockefeller [D-WV] on 2013-02-28
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s418
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, has introduced S. 418, a bill that would give consumers the ability to control their personal information and allow them to prevent online companies from collecting and using the personal details for profit.
Support
California Legislation
AB 1291: California Right to Know Act
Sponsor: Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal (D) on Feb 22, 2013
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1291
The Right to Know Act (AB 1291) would give consumers the right to ask for a report of any personal information about them collected by online companies as well as any marketers with whom the information was shared.
Oppose
National Legislation
HR 3035: Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE2] on Sep 22, 2011
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3035
The real purpose of H.R. 3035 is to open up everyone’s cell phones, land lines, and business phone numbers, without their consent, to a flood of commercial, marketing and debt collection calls (to not only the debtor but everyone else). The bill would effectively gut the TCPA, a widely…
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National Legislation
HR 1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011
Sponsor: Representatives Markey and Barton on
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.1895&congress=112&size=full
This bill amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to revise the definition of "operator" to exclude nonprofit entities that would otherwise be exempt from coverage under the Federal Trade Commission Act, and to revise the definition of "disclosure" as the release of personal information (currently, the…
Watching
National Legislation
S 799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] on Apr 12, 2011
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s799
Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a rulemaking requiring security measures to be carried out by any person (defined in this Act as a "covered entity") collecting, using, transferring, or storing certain personal information (defined in this Act…