The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Location Privacy Protection Act...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Location Privacy Protection Act (S-1223) at a Thursday markup. The bill, by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and cosponsored by Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Conn., Dianne Feinstein, Calif., Chris Coons, Del., and Dick Durbin, Ill.,…
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would require companies to get users’ consent before obtaining and sharing location information from their mobile devices as well as encourage law enforcement training and create criminal penalties for GPS stalking. The committee voted down an amendment proposed by Ranking Member Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who expressed concerns about how the bill would affect litigants and technological innovators. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted for the bill but said he thinks “the bill still needs a lot of work to assuage the concerns of technological innovators.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said the bill could present problems for law enforcement but voted for the bill as well. “I think [the problems] are minor,” he said, “and we're working together on that.”