Advocates Ask Blackburn to Hold Tech Task Force Meetings Publicly
Advocates want future Senate Judiciary Committee tech task force meetings public. "We can no longer let industry groups and ineffective agencies decide how much privacy Americans may have," said a Friday letter to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., asking consumer voices…
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be included. It backed baseline federal privacy legislation creating an “independent data protection agency.” Signers included the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Action. Blackburn’s office contacted the advocacy groups and plans to organize a meeting, an aide said Friday. It’s undecided whether future task force meetings will be public or if advocates will be involved.