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NTIA Seeks Comment on New Approach to Consumer Data Privacy #1517022 09/26/18 12:30 PM
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OP Knight_Of_Brown Hall of Famer K Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,044	Quote: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2018/ntia-seeks-comment-new-approach-consumer-data-privacy NTIA Seeks Comment on New Approach to Consumer Data Privacy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2018 News Media Contact: NTIA, Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-7002, press@ntia.doc.gov Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Request for Comments on a proposed approach to consumer data privacy designed to provide high levels of protection for individuals, while giving organizations legal clarity and the flexibility to innovate. The Request for Comments is part of a transparent process to modernize U.S. data privacy policy for the 21st century. In parallel efforts, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a voluntary privacy framework to help organizations manage risk; and the International Trade Administration is working to increase global regulatory harmony. “The United States has a long history of protecting individual privacy, but our challenges are growing as technology becomes more complex, interconnected, and integrated into our daily lives,” said David Redl, NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. “The Trump Administration is beginning this conversation to solicit ideas on a path for adapting privacy to today’s data-driven world.” The Trump Administration’s proposed approach focuses on the desired outcomes of organizational practices, rather than dictating what those practices should be. With the goal of building better privacy protections, NTIA is seeking comment on the following outcomes: [list] [] Organizations should be transparent about how they collect, use, share, and store users’ personal information. []Users should be able to exercise control over the personal information they provide to organizations. []The collection, use, storage and sharing of personal data should be reasonably minimized in a manner proportional to the scope of privacy risks. []Organizations should employ security safeguards to protect the data that they collect, store, use, or share. []Users should be able to reasonably access and correct personal data they have provided. []Organizations should take steps to manage the risk of disclosure or harmful uses of personal data. [*]Organizations should be accountable for the use of personal data that has been collected, maintained or used by its systems. NTIA also is seeking comment on several high-level goals identified in the Request for Comments setting the broad outline of the direction that the Trump Administration should take to achieve U.S. consumer privacy protections. Comments are due by October 26, 2018, and may be submitted by e-mail to privacyrfc2018@ntia.doc.gov. Additional information can be found in the Federal Register notice.

Re: NTIA Seeks Comment on New Approach to Consumer Data Privacy Knight_Of_Brown #1517026 09/26/18 12:31 PM
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OP Knight_Of_Brown Hall of Famer K Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,044	I just want to say about time! Its one thing Trump campaigned on and it looks like he is going to keep his word. We are going to get something like the GDPR here in the US! Google and Facebook are very worried about this, and they should be! The days of sucking users data with no rules or regulation is coming to an end. the consumer will finally atleast have a chance. this will be GREAT for the US Consumer.

Re: NTIA Seeks Comment on New Approach to Consumer Data Privacy Knight_Of_Brown #1517051 09/26/18 01:16 PM
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Clemdawg Legend Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,084 2 bubbles off of plumb	I'm all aboard for this. Nice development. "too many notes, not enough music-" #GMStong

Re: NTIA Seeks Comment on New Approach to Consumer Data Privacy Knight_Of_Brown #1517109 09/26/18 03:08 PM
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OCD Legend O Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 34,584	This is a joke. It's being sold as a right to privacy protection but it's actually just the government taking control of all the data for its own use, big brother style. Here's why: Organizations should be transparent about how they collect, use, share, and store users’ personal information. Companies already disclose this information in Privacy statements on almost every website, app, or other interface online. It's usually buried in legalese that the average person can not understand yet is very much a legal binding document that can currently be construed against the company. The biggest breaches of privacy come in the sharing of information between companies, companies that do not have the consumers information come into possession of that information via some sort of transaction. Unchecked and often repeatedly traded, this can lead to many many companies having your information. BUT this information is the backbone of online marketing for 'BIG' companies and no law or regulation is going to deter big business from their profit margins. They will create, find, and use loopholes. This will never deter the truly bad actors from scraping, trading, collecting, and using your data for their ends. Period. The government being the largest entity to collect data on you personally is not regulated at all. Once YOU put the information into the cybersphere it is there forever. People don't get that. These laws are designed to attack the social media giants that we all use, but many fear and cry about while still using. NEWS FLASH, they are also the biggest check and balance we have on big government. The Arab spring, the recent awakenings and civil unrest like the occupy movement, the tea party, Bernie movement, even the Trump movement would have all been impossible without social media giants and data sharing. This isn't about empowering the people to control their own data, that's a lie. It's about empowering governments to control the data and keeping it from those who might oppose them. INFORMATION IS POWER, never forget that. Users should be able to exercise control over the personal information they provide to organizations. You already have this choice, you just don't use it. If you don't want it shared don't hand it out, it's really that simple. But people want the 'free' services like FB, Twitter, Google, etc. ... nothing is free and nobody is tricking you. The collection, use, storage and sharing of personal data should be reasonably minimized in a manner proportional to the scope of privacy risks. This really cracks me up. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: If your information is on a networked computer or in digital format on ANY computer then IT IS AT RISK. Databases are still computers. Phones are computers. Smart devices are computers. Bottom line, everything is hackable. Organizations should employ security safeguards to protect the data that they collect, store, use, or share. They already do AND they spend BILLIONS. I posted about bounty programs in another thread in EE. But in a nutshell companies pay ethical hackers to constantly try to steal your data. When somebody finds a way in the company is able to patch it and share the information about the vulnerability with others. Big tech companies are better at this than governments because they pay to be better. If you take away that financial advantage, you will be hurting your own security, period. Sad but true because nobody will work harder to protect this information than the greedy companies profiting from trading it. Users should be able to reasonably access and correct personal data they have provided. Sure, you are going to regularly update your information... PUH-lease. Most people won't even update a password without being made to do it. Organizations should take steps to manage the risk of disclosure or harmful uses of personal data. They do and they do a good job all things considered. Organizations should be accountable for the use of personal data that has been collected, maintained or used by its systems. They are to the extent that breaches are reported. No company could pay for the damage caused by large scale breaches, period. So making them financially accountable is a joke. Other than that most are accountable already and do their best to protect this data for reasons I've already described. End of the day, this thing the EU and others are doing is a power grab. When you see it for what it really is, it's much scarier and you will realize it's BS. The big tech social media companies are only the poster boys, little sites will be hit with this too. This law will also contain language that the government can use to force companies to be obedient, like giving up your passwords and access to your data for investigations and government use. Be careful what you wish for is all I'm saying.

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