- Aug 17, 2017
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Lawmakers want to draw the roadmap for privacy legislation for decades to come, and Silicon Valley is giving them some directions.
The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is holding a hearing Wednesday to look at how lawmakers can protect consumer privacy. In opening statements from representatives of AT&T, Amazon, Google, Twitter, Apple, and Charter Communications, the tech companies plan to tell lawmakers how they collect data and how regulations should play out.
A key part of the opening statements is calling for lawmakers to pre-empt state privacy laws, creating a federal bill that would overwrite any actions taken by state lawmakers. The companies are expected to explain their approaches to privacy and help Congress craft a federal privacy law "without hurting innovation," Sen. John Thune, the committee's chairman and a Republican from South Dakota, said in a statement. Privacy advocates are concerned, however, that the tech giants will use their influence to sway legislation in their favor.
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The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is holding a hearing Wednesday to look at how lawmakers can protect consumer privacy. In opening statements from representatives of AT&T, Amazon, Google, Twitter, Apple, and Charter Communications, the tech companies plan to tell lawmakers how they collect data and how regulations should play out.
A key part of the opening statements is calling for lawmakers to pre-empt state privacy laws, creating a federal bill that would overwrite any actions taken by state lawmakers. The companies are expected to explain their approaches to privacy and help Congress craft a federal privacy law "without hurting innovation," Sen. John Thune, the committee's chairman and a Republican from South Dakota, said in a statement. Privacy advocates are concerned, however, that the tech giants will use their influence to sway legislation in their favor.
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Related Story Google has a proposal for privacy regulation that would help Google. Would it help users?
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