IP: TAUZIN WANTS TO PASS PRIVACY BILL EARLY NEXT YEAR

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> TAUZIN WANTS TO PASS PRIVACY BILL EARLY NEXT YEAR
> Seeking to prevent California and a handful of other states
> from enacting strict Internet privacy laws, House Energy and
> Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin told attendees at a
> high-tech conference that he would seek to introduce and
> pass a federal electronic privacy package soon after
> Congress returns from its holiday break. Tauzin said that
> it would be possible, if necessary, for Congress to override
> state privacy measures after the fact, but added that it
> would be far easier to enact a law pre-empting state privacy
> measures before legislatures in California and elsewhere
> have a chance to act.
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172681.html

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