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1 CIS H 40153
TITLE:
Privacy Commission: A Complete Examination of
Privacy Protection
CIS-NO: 2001-H401-53
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing
Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Apr. 12, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+125 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:P93/19
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26858-8.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-192. Hearing
before the Subcom on Government Management, Information, and
Technology to consider H.R. 4049, the Privacy Commission Act,
to establish a Commission for the Comprehensive Study of
Privacy Protection to study issues related to the protection of
individual privacy and appropriate uses of personal
information by Federal, State, local, and private entities, and
to recommend legislative and regulatory changes to improve the security of
personal information.
Supplementary material (p.
120-125) includes a witness's written replies to Subcom questions.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Personal info
privacy protection commission study estab
BILLS: 106
H.R. 4049
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT,
INFORMATION, AND TECHNOLOGY. HOUSE; RIGHT OF
PRIVACY; FEDERAL ADVISORY BODIES; GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION;
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; COMMISSION FOR
THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF PRIVACY PROTECTION;
PRIVACY COMMISSION ACT
01-H401-53 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Apr. 12, 2000 p. 14-59
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
TWENTYMAN, SALLIE (victim of identity theft)
DOUGLAS, ROBERT (Founder and Chief
Privacy Officer, American Privacy Consultants)
APPELBAUM, PAUL (Dr.) (Vice President, American
Psychiatric Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Personal experience as victim of identity theft; views on
issues related to H.R. 4049; examples of and concerns about easy accessibility
of personal information on the Internet.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Personal info privacy
protection commission study estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AMERICAN PRIVACY CONSULTANTS; ROBBERY AND
THEFT; INTERNET
01-H401-53 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Apr. 12, 2000 p. 60-125
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
CATE, FRED H. (Professor, Law, University of
Indiana School of Law, Bloomington; representing Financial Services Coordinating
Council)
PLUNKETT, TRAVIS (Legislative Director, Consumer
Federation; also representing Consumers Union and U.S. Public Interest Research
Group)
SCHWARTZ, ARI (Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy
and Technology)
PARKER, SANDRA (Counsel, Maine Hospital
Association)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on H.R. 4049, with recommendations; benefits of
information sharing for financial institutions; feared adverse
impact of H.R. 4049 on privacy protection initiatives;
suggestions for improving information privacy protection
(related list, p. 93-102); Maine experiences with privacy
protection legislation for health care information.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Personal info
privacy protection commission study estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FINANCIAL SERVICES COORDINATING
COUNCIL; MEDICAL REGULATION; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; MAINE
LOAD-DATE: January 31, 2002 
