The Department of Commerce is seeking comment on the administration’s new data...
The Department of Commerce is seeking comment on the administration’s new data privacy proposal (http://xrl.us/bmwife). Last month the White House unveiled its Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, a voluntary code of conduct that aims to protect the data privacy…
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rights of consumers while giving them more control over how their information is handled (CD Feb 24 p6). The National Telecommunications Information Administration is seeking input on “what issues should be addressed through the privacy multi-stakeholder process and how to structure these discussions so they are open, transparent, and most productive,” said Larry Strickling, the assistant secretary for communications and information at Commerce and head of the NTIA. Specifically the agency is asking the public to offer views on how to best increase transparency of mobile device privacy notices, as well as comment on issues concerning mobile applications that provide location based services, cloud computing services, browser cookies, and services targeted to teenagers and children, among other topics. The agency is also looking for suggestions on ways to increase stakeholder participation, transparency and consensus agreement in the development of enforceable privacy codes. Comments can be submitted to privacyrfc2012@ntia.doc.gov or mailed to 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Room 4725, Washington, D.C. 20230. Comments are due 20 days after the request is published in the Federal Register.