Reuters via ISPWorld – US Lawmakers Plan Privacy Measure Early Next Year. The measure is designed to set a basic standard of protection for the personal information of visitors to commercial Web sites, and to reduce fears among businesses that they could face a patchwork of conflicting state laws.
“We plan to come up with what we think is finite general information privacy, online and offline, and then we plan to offer the bill, get bipartisan support and hope the president will sign it,” Rep. Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican who is spearheading the effort, told a news conference. [Privacy Digest]