Rep. Collins Outlines Privacy Principles for Consumer Data Ownership Legislation
Federal law should recognize online data as consumer property, Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., said Wednesday, outlining principles for legislation planned for 2019. The concept is to establish “robust privacy rights and protections” that are more flexible than federal bureaucratic regimes,…
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Collins said: “The American people don’t need new government bureaucracies and agency-imposed regulatory schemes to control their online lives.” The draft outline envisions a new law recognizing data as the property of those who generate it and enabling consumers to oversee commercial use of that data and opt out of certain uses.