San Jose Mercury News: White House report calls for data privacy protections
CDT President & CEO, Nuala O’Connor addresses the recent White House report.
Citing the massive amount of data being generated by computerized gadgets, a White House report Thursday called for tougher laws to protect peoples’ privacy and guard against the information being used to discriminate against members of minority groups and others.
But while generally praising the study, several public interest groups said it didn’t go far enough.
“The report failed to identify the commercial surveillance complex that has been put in place by Google, Facebook and many other data-driven businesses,” concluded the Center for Digital Democracy.
And Nuala O’Connor, CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, chided the report for not addressing the National Security Agency spying on Internet users. President Barack Obama had ordered the study in January when he demanded reforms to restrict such NSA snooping.