WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement on the indictments handed down by the California Attorney General in the Hewlett Packard spying case:
September 28, 2006 - MARKEY: H-P MAY BE SUFFERING FROM SGT. SCHULTZ SYNDROME -- "I HEARD NOTHING, I SAW NOTHING, I KNEW NOTHING."
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, will be joining the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to question the panels on the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle.
September 27, 2006 - MARKEY SETS EXPECTATIONS FOR HP HEARINGS TOMORROW, URGES CONGRESS TO ACT ON PRIVACY MEASURES ASAP
WASHINGTON, DC -- On the eve of the hearings in the House Energy and Commerce Committee this Thursday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement about the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle. Rep. Markey, also the co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, has sponsored a number of bills to protect personal privacy, including clarifying anti-pretexting laws.
September 21, 2006 - NEARLY 8 MONTHS AFTER SETTLEMENT OF MASSIVE CHOICEPOINT DATA BREACH, NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED TO THE VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT
Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee and a senior member of the full Energy and Commerce Committee, released a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras urging her to explain a press report that the FTC has not yet compensated identity theft victims over eight months after a settlement was reached with ChoicePoint following a massive data breach. The report by the Associated Press yesterday indicates that the FTC has not yet developed the procedures to distribute $5 million in settlement funds to almost 1,000 known ID theft victims after the massive ChoicePoint data breach. Rep. Markey, co-Chairman of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, has offered a number of measures to protect Americans’ privacy, including a bill to protect Social Security numbers and increase penalties for organizations that do not take steps to secure individuals’ health, financial and Internet privacy.
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