Online Privacy Law On The Way, Congressman Promises

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By Ryan Singel
April 23, 2009 | 2:03:30 PM

An internet privacy law is coming, Congressman Rick Boucher promised Thursday, as he steered his committee into the marshes of online behavioral advertising, deep packet inspection and location-tracking services.

Boucher, a Virginia Democrat and longtime ally of digital rights groups, now heads the House subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. In a hearing Thursday, he said wants the committee to write a broad online privacy law this year.

For instance,Boucher made it clear he's concerned about ISPs using so-called deep packet inspection technology, or DPI, to examine the data packets it delivers to and from its customers.

"The thought that a network operator could track a user’s every move on the Internet, record the details of every search and read every email or attached document is alarming," Boucher said in his opening remarks at the hearing.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/04/netonline-priva.html

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2. K&R n/t