Location Privacy Congressional Hearing Coverage RoundUp
“I think you can expect to see this [topic] emerge as part of a larger legislative item,” said Rep. Rick Boucher, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
- ClickZ
- CTIA press release after its Senior Vice President and General Counsel Michael Altschul testified
The Electronic Privacy Information Center submitted comments: “EPIC recommended that Congress establish strong rules, similar to those in the European Union Eprivacy Directive, that would give users meaningful control over their locational data. EPIC had previously recommended that the F.C.C. establish guidelines for the protection of users’ locational privacy.”
- full docs
- ReadWriteWeb rails against treating location data like medical records.
See also: coverage yesterday and links to testimony docs
