Kerry Prepping Legislation to Safeguard Privacy Online
July 30, 2010
| 3:04 PM
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., plans to introduce legislation to protect online privacy, saying the country needs new standards for "protection that ensure people's identity is treated with the respect it deserves."
"The information that firms are collecting about us may be incorrect or out of context, leading to completely incorrect conclusions," Kerry, who chairs the Senate Commerce Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, said in a statement this week.
"Our ability to control what information is collected, used, and disclosed about us is central to how we want the world to view us, and that, in turn, affects our ability to seek out opportunity in both social and economic spheres," he added.
He said there's "widespread confusion" among constituents and colleagues over the existing authority that Congress has in this area.
Legislation isn't likely to come to the Senate floor this year, given the short time the chamber plans to be in session before the fall elections. Kerry said he believes the measure could be enacted next year.
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