The House passed by voice vote Tuesday HR-6671, which would...
The House passed by voice vote Tuesday HR-6671, which would amend the Video Privacy Protection Act to permit online video consumers to share their video habits and preferences. The legislation was authored by incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte,…
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R-Va., and aims to limit the consent needed to share video rental records, something online video rental companies like Netflix have long sought. The bill is different from HR-2471, a similar House-passed bill, in two respects, Goodlatte’s spokeswoman told us. The new legislation forces companies to give consumers the “clear and conspicuous” option to withdraw their consent to share at any time, and a consumer’s consent to share video watching habits expires after 24 months, unless the consumer again chooses to opt in, she said. The American Civil Liberties Union slammed the bill for failing to include provisions to reform the decades-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act. “Changes to electronic privacy cannot happen piecemeal,” said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the ACLU. “If we are to achieve true reform -- which means getting full protection for Americans’ in-boxes and private communication -- we cannot give priority to special interests,” he said in a news release.