--- Background: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02158.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-02157.html Also note William Safire, a proponent of restricting government surveillance and strictly regulating corporate data collection, has a piece in the NYT on this topic. He complains that Minority Leader Gephardt is not regulatory enough. The column, no registration required, is here: http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/opinion/columns/020461.htm -Declan --- From: Jeff Eisenach <jeisenachat_private> To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private> Cc: Francis Rose <froseat_private>, Tom Lenard <tlenardat_private>, "'prubinat_private'" <prubinat_private> Subject: RE: More on FTC commissioners and the odds of new privacy laws Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:58:56 -0400 I think your surmise is generally correct, though what I would really expect is a greater focus on enforcement over rulemaking, plus an emphasis on identifying and fixing real problems as opposed to imagined ones. Paul Rubin -- who worked with Muris at the FTC during the 1980s -- has just finished a major study for us on this topic. His general conclusions are summarized in testimony delivered on our behalf earlier this year. See: http://www.pff.org/pr/pr030101_RubinVolokhtestimony.htm (includes link to full testimony). See also this paper by Orson, which we published earlier this year. http://www.pff.org/POP_8.4.htm as well as his remarks as part of a seminar we did on the Hill recently, which is linked at http://www.pff.org/pr/pr050801PrivacySeminar.htm You might also note that Tim Muris was an Adjunct Fellow here until his appointment to the FTC. See: http://www.pff.org/pr/pr032801_MuristoFTC.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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