Tech Giants Push for New Data-Privacy Law

Tech Giants Push for New Data-Privacy Law
at NewsFactor.com
By Christopher S. Rugaber

Microsoft, HP and eBay earlier this year formed the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum to lobby for privacy legislation. Google, Intel, Oracle, and other companies later joined. The forum supports legislation that would set standards for what notice must be given to consumers about personal information collected on them and how it will be used.

Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and other high-tech companies are preparing to push for data-privacy legislation next year to replace what they consider an outdated patchwork of state and federal laws that are inconsistent and burdensome.

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