ACLU Urges Action On Privacy Board
The American Civil Liberties Union urged the Obama administration Tuesday to move quickly to fill seats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The group issued a new report with recommendations on privacy oversight it said were "desperately needed" to counter new technologies and expanded government powers. "The United States needs stronger privacy institutions to protect us at a time when new technology and new government powers are threatening our privacy in truly unprecedented ways," said Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.
The report recommends building on the existing PCLOB by expanding its scope and powers. The ACLU also called for enhancing the powers of the FTC to make it a full-fledged private-sector privacy regulator. Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, wrote President Obama last month urging him to appoint members to the PCLOB. The board was first created in 2004, but it was criticized by the ACLU and others for not being independent because it was part of the White House. A new more independent board was created in 2007, but former President George W. Bush never appointed members to the panel.
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