November 1, 2006 - MARKEY SUPPORTS CONSUMER GROUPS' FTC FILING TO INVESTIGATE GATHERING OF INTERNET SURFING DATA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the senior member of the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Privacy Caucus, released the following statement on the filing by consumer groups calling for an FTC investigation of online advertising and tracking of consumer web surfing:
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 28, 2006 - MARKEY OPPOSES EXPANSION OF SECRET SPYING PROGRAM BY CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today registered his opposition to H.R. 5285, the Electronic Modernization Surveillance Act, legislation intended to expand Executive Branch authority to conduct secret surveillance without court warrants. While Rep. Markey emphasized the need for secret surveillance of suspected terrorists as part of an effective homeland security strategy, he denounced Bush Administration surveillance tactics that disregard legal processes created to protect innocent Americans from government spying and undermine constitutional safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
August 9, 2006 - MARKEY RENEWS CALL TO ELIMINATE WAREHOUSING OF DATA SUCH AS WEB SITE VISITS ERRONEOUSLY MADE PUBLIC BY AOL
Washington, DC -- In response to the latest privacy breach of data collected by AOL, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, renewed his call for Congress to pass legislation intended to prevent the perpetual amassing of private information by Internet website owners. Markey is the author of HR 4731, The Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006 – designed to strengthen consumers’ Internet privacy and prevent companies from storing personal information for indefinite periods of time.
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