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Senators push for privacy, data security legislation

Democratic members of a Senate committee promised Wednesday to push hard for new online privacy protections and for legislation that would require companies to put security monitoring tools on their networks.

By Grant Gross | 30 June, 2011 04:41

Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, John, Mark Pryor: John Kerry, John McCain, U.S. Senate Commerce, legislation, government, Technology Policy Institute, Identity fraud / theft, Thomas Lenard, Patrick Toomey, security, data breach
Republican lawmaker promises new online privacy legislation

A senior Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives will soon introduce legislation designed to give Web users more control of their personal data and to give the U.S. Federal Trade Commission power to enforce voluntary privacy standards developed with Internet companies, he said Friday.

By Grant Gross | 05 March, 2011 07:19

Tags: William Kovacic, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Daniel Weitzner, legislation, government, Technology Policy Institute, Cliff Stearns, privacy, Thomas Lenard, Jackie Speier, security

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Google's antitrust settlement means few changes

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust settlement with Google will create few changes in the way the company operates, both critics and fans of the deal said.

By Grant Gross | 03 January, 2013 21:37

Tags: antitrust, e-commerce, Troutman Sanders, Technology Policy Institute, internet, Google, legal, government, Thomas Lenard, advertising, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, mobile, Oracle, Glenn Manishin, Santa Clara University School of Law, National Taxpayers Union, Ed Black, Eric Goldman, search engines, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, Microsoft, Computer and Communications Industry Association, FairSearch.org
What Obama's re-election may mean for technology

The US presidential election result leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress. In many longstanding technology debates, policy experts see little movement forward, although lawmakers may look for compromises on a handful of issues.

By Grant Gross | 07 November, 2012 19:06

Tags: telecommunication, Al Franken, Technology Policy Institute, Barack Obama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, legislation, Kevin Richards, 4g, legal, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Motion Picture Association of America, Center for Democracy and Technology, government, Greg Nojeim, Thomas Lenard, U.S. Department of Justice, regulation, Hewlett-Packard, privacy, Arlene Holen, Ed Markey, Public Knowledge, U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Microsoft, security, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, copyright, intellectual property, data protection, intel, broadband, TechAmerica, Gigi Sohn

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