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IP: SENATORS INTRODUCE SWEEPING NET PRIVACY BILL from edupage
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:33:35 -0400
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have introduced a far-reaching online privacy bill, highlights of which include a requirement that Web sites give consumers notice and the ability to opt out of data-collection schemes. The legislation also calls for a government information initiative to provide citizens with more information about privacy issues. Hatch said the bill will safeguard Internet users' privacy and bolster consumer confidence in e-commerce "by ensuring proper protection for consumers' privacy interests, and by deterring and prosecuting fraudulent, criminal, and terrorist attacks to the Internet's infrastructure." Indeed, a significant focus of the bill is the expansion of law enforcement's powers over the Internet. This focus includes clarification of current laws pertaining to "trap and trace" procedures and an emphasis on increasing prosecutors' ability to pursue underage hackers. A hacker attack no longer must cause at least $5,000 dollars of damage to be prosecuted as a federal felony, under terms of the Hatch-Schumer bill. The bill also calls for greater restrictions on spam. (Newsbytes 17 April 2000)
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