Data Privacy,
Government
Apr. 20, 2022
Congress is considering several bills involving privacy
One of the most interesting pieces of legislation that ought to have a chance of passage is S.500 – a bipartisan bill that would restrict the commercial use of personally identifiable health information collected from a smartwatch or similar consumer device without consent.
Anita Taff-Rice
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Everything old is new again – if you wait long enough and Congress sits on its hands.
Seventeen years ago, Microsoft advocated for a federal law to protect consumers’ privacy. In April 2022, nothing has changed. Earlier this month, Microsoft Corp. President and Vice Chair Brad Smith urged Congress to pass “long overdue” federal privacy legislation.
During a speech at the International Association of Privacy Pr...
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