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Published: December 2008
President-elect should live up to promises to strengthen privacy
Coalition: Privacy
Consumer Action joined a coalition of groups concerned about privacy in a letter to President-elect Obama reminding him of his promises to increase consumer privacy protections.
Download the letter to President-elect Obama
Below is a summarized excerpt from the letter:
There is a clear need to address the spiraling problems of identity theft, security breaches, and the commercialization of personal information that has left American consumers vulnerable to fraud and exploitation. You have promised to:
- Strengthen the Authority of the Federal Trade Commission
- Protect Sensitive Information
- Protect the Privacy of Personal Information Obtained by the Government
- Respect the Confidentiality of Medical Information
- Ensure that Businesses Protect Consumer Privacy
- Ensure that Homeland Security Databases are Used Only for Limited Purposes
- Allow States to Innovate and Develop Legislative Solutions.
There is an enormous opportunity to realize the benefits of new technology and to safeguard the values that make us free and sustain our democracy. We look forward to working with your administration and the leaders you select for the government agencies on these important challenges.
Lead Organization
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Other Organizations
Alliance for Patient Safety | American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee | American Association of Law Libraries | American Library Association | American Policy Center | Center for Digital Democracy | Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights | Citizen Outreach Project | Consumer Federation of America | Consumers Union | Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Dissent Foundation | Fairfax County Privacy Council | Government Accountability Project | Identity Theft Action Council of Nebraska | Liberty Coalition The Multiracial Activist | Patient Privacy Rights | Privacy Lives | Privacy Rights Now Coalition | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Privacy Times | Owner-Operator and Independent Drivers Association | U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation
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