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June 10, 2008
Google Supports "Comprehensive Federal Privacy Law." Should You?
Google responded to a letter from Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the senior Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, asking for details about the company’s privacy practices:
“Google told Barton in a letter dated June 6 that it would support creation of a federal Internet privacy law. A copy of the letter was obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.
“‘Google supports the adoption of a comprehensive federal privacy law that would accomplish several goals such as building consumer trust and protections; creating a uniform framework for privacy, which would create consistent levels of privacy from one jurisdiction to another; and putting penalties in place to punish and dissuade bad actors,’ the letter said. It was signed by Alan Davidson, Google’s chief lobbyist.
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“Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, was skeptical of Google’s endorsement of a federal privacy law. Rotenberg said that when companies push for a ‘comprehensive’ law, they often want something that would preempt more stringent state laws.
“‘We do not want the states to have their hands tied,’ he said Rotenberg, citing California and New York as examples of states with tough privacy laws.”
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