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Date: 2000-05-20
US-Privacy: Staat droht IT-Industrie-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- von Privacy gar wenig zusammengebracht hat, meldet sich der Staat in seiner [US]-Erscheinungsform Federal Trade Commission als oberster Schützer seiner Bürger zu Wort. Das Privileg, diese auszuforschen, ist nämlich für die gesetzlich ermächtigten Kräfte reserviert. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Relayed by schoefbaenker@aon.at -tnx -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- U.S. Is Said to Seek New Law to Bolster Internet Privacy May 19 -- Concluding that companies on the Internet have not properly protected the privacy of consumers, the Federal Trade Commission has decided to ask Congress for authority to impose tough consumer privacy safeguards, government officials said today. In an unannounced vote taken today, the commission approved a staff recommendation to seek legislation giving the agency such authority. The action comes after the recent completion of a survey by the commission that found that only about 20 percent of major companies on the Internet had adequate standards for protecting the privacy of Internet users. ... It represents a sharp departure from the agency's previous policy of relying almost entirely on the industry to police itself. But lawmakers said that the prospects were not strong for Congress to adopt legislation so late in the session. The legislation sought by the commission would permit it to regulate the kinds of notice given to consumers about use of information regarding them, as well as whether consumers can block that use. It would allow the commission to establish rules for keeping the information secure from third parties. And it would authorize the commission to penalize companies that violate privacy rules. ... Democratic lawmakers in both the House and Senate who have been the most vocal advocates for privacy legislation said this week that the prospects for final passage of any privacy measure were not strong, since the Republicans have largely sided with industry and there are not enough legislative days remaining to pass a significant new measure. ... Nonetheless, a group of nine Democratic senators led by Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina and John D. Rockefeller 4th of West Virginia is preparing to introduce a measure next week that is similar to what the commission has sought. The legislation also contains measures that appeal to Internet companies, most notably a provision that pre-empts all state law on Internet privacy. ... A report accompanying the commission's proposal for legislation found that the industry had made significant progress in policing itself, but not enough. Robert Pitofsky, the chairman of the trade commission, has said recently that there is a big role for companies to monitor themselves, but that as the market develops, there may also be a need for government to play a role as well. ... But industry groups say any effort to give the commission new rule-making authority would be an unwarranted incursion by the government into regulating cyberspace and could discourage the development of many start-up Internet companies. ... Christine A. Varney, a former member of the trade commission who is now representing an industry group, said the agency already had significant authority to crack down on companies that violated the privacy interests of consumers by engaging in deceptive practices. "Clearly they already have authority and they have exercised it," said Ms. Varney, an adviser to the Online Privacy Alliance, a group of about 100 companies and associations interested in Internet issues. .... "The bottom line is that the privacy gap between the safeguards in place and the intrusions seems to be growing not narrowing, and that has as much as anything to do with the lack of enforcement at the F.T.C.," said Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a research organization that studies privacy issues and technology. "There is little indication that self-regulation is working." Full Text http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/20privacy.html -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 2000-05-20 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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