Subcommittee Grills Feds on Privacy Reports

That was the bombshell argument Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) dropped during the opening of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade’s sixth hearing on privacy.

“Before we do any possible harm to the Internet, we need to understand what harm is actually being done to consumers,” Bono Mack said. “Where is the public outcry for legislation? I haven’t gotten a single letter from anyone back home urging me to pass a privacy bill.”

For years, the federal government has pushed for some sort of privacy legislation, defining it as a right that was being run over by tracking and advertising practices on the Internet.