Hollings' online-privacy bill headed for full Senate vote. (Technology).A Senate committee has advanced an online-privacy bill that insurance associations say goes far beyond the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act, Pub. L. No. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338 (November 12, 1999), is an Act of the United States Congress which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, opening up competition , would harm online sales and would allow lawsuits for violating the bill's provisions. The full Senate will now consider the "Online Personal Privacy Act" after the Senate Commerce Committee approved the measure in May. The committee is chaired by bill sponsor Sen. Fritz fritz n. Informal A condition in which something does not work properly: Our television is on the fritz. [Perhaps from German Fritz Hollings, D-S.C. The legislation would affect personal information collected online after the date of the bill's enactment and would set a uniform, federal standard for the protection of online personal information, Hollings said in a statement. The bill would pre-empt pre·empt or pre-empt v. pre·empt·ed, pre·empt·ing, pre·empts v.tr. 1. To appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others. See Synonyms at appropriate. 2. a. all state statutes and regulations related to Internet privacy Internet privacy consists of privacy over the media of the Internet: the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information. . Under the bill, consumers would have to give consent, or "opt in," before online operators could collect, use, disclose or sell individuals' sensitive information. Online operations also would have to provide individuals an easy mechanism to "opt out" of the use or sharing of nonsensitive information. Online operators would be required to provide "clear and conspicuous" notice of how their personal information would be used; reasonable access to their personal information; procedures to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personally identifiable information In information security and privacy, personally identifiable information or personally identifying information (PII) is any piece of information which can potentially be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. , and legal remedies A legal remedy is the means by which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes some other court order to impose its will. In Commonwealth common law jurisdictions and related jurisdictions (e.g. for individuals, should online operators improperly release their information, Hollings said of this bill, S2201. "It's going to be confusing to companies and policyholders to know what rule applies and at what point," said Julie Gackenbach, director of government relations for the National Association of Independent Insurers. |
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