Obama Calls Upon Congress To Pass ‘Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights

[SunsetDreams]

The White House on Thursday released a report outlining the Obama Administration’s goals for protecting consumer privacy as more and more of our personal lives end up online.

“Never has privacy been more important than today, in the age of the Internet, the World Wide Web and smart phones,” President Obama wrote in a statement at the beginning of the report.

The report calls upon Congress to pass a “Consumer Privacy of Bill of Rights,” going on to outline just what the White House wants to see in such legislation — 7 tenets, to be specific: Individual control, transparency, respect for context, security, access and accuracy, focused collection and accountability.

As for who should enforce the bill, the report is abundantly clear that the Administration wants to “strengthen” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and give it the primary responsibility, and power, to watch the companies watching us.

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[msongs]

1. hypocrisy coming from an administration perpetuating ever stronger "patriot act" policies nt

[SunsetDreams]

2. So you are against this?

[SunsetDreams]

3. kick

[ZM90]

4. I'm all for protecting a consumer's privacy but,

President Obama needs to end the war on the internet while he's at it (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) just saying.

I'll support President Obama when he does right but, I will also point out when what he is doing is wrong.