Capitol Hill
Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., of the House Communications Subcommittee said he’s working hard on his privacy bill, but action on that likely will wait until after his Universal Service Fund bill. “We are working simultaneously on both drafts.” Boucher plans…
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to release a discussion draft in the “near term,” but he wouldn’t specify a date. He said he wants privacy legislation to preserve “all the legitimate advertising practices,” adding, “Our goal is not to interfere with legitimate targeted advertising [or] behavioral advertising practices. Our goal is to give Internet users a greater confidence that their experience on the Web is secure.” Boucher declined to give an example of a legitimate practice before he circulates a discussion draft.