Sen. Snowe Wins Privacy Award
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, on Friday received the International Association of Privacy Professionals' 2009 leadership award for her ongoing efforts on the behalf of U.S. citizens in the area of privacy and data protection. She accepted the award earlier this week in advance of the group's annual summit in Washington where privacy experts from around the globe convened for three days of education and networking. "Senator Snowe is at the forefront of protecting citizens' privacy and raising data protection awareness," IAPP Executive Director Trevor Hughes said. "She clearly prioritizes privacy through her legislative efforts to address and prevent the misuse of information."
During her three terms on Capitol Hill, Snowe has advanced privacy legislation to protect citizens' rights, including a bill to prohibit spyware and privacy-invasive practices such as keylogging and skimming and co-authoring privacy provisions in major healthcare legislation. She also voted for the Consumer Phone Records Act to keep unwelcome hands out of citizens' phone logs and to give the FTC and FCC greater enforcement authority in that area. Snowe also sponsored a recently passed bill that lets people take advantage of genetic testing without fearing negative repercussions from the abuse of such information. "I am proud to be an advocate for patient privacy rights and will continue to work to ensure the safety and protection of all Americans," she said.
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