Washington, DC. – With increased concern among consumers and businesses about online privacy and security, Americans for Technology Leadership urged lawmakers to look at updating key laws to make sure they reflect current realities of the marketplace. A growing chorus of voices has called for modernizing key laws.
In a speech to the Brookings Institute today, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith called for modifications to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The changes would update these important laws and increase penalties for hacking networks.
“Technology has become critical to the way we do business and the way we live our lives,” said Randy Skoglund, executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership. “While enjoying the great benefits of this technology, consumers and businesses are clearly concerned about the issues of privacy and security.”
“We applaud Microsoft’s leadership and support their efforts to modernize these important laws to make sure they reflect today’s technologies,” added Skoglund. “Our laws need to impose stiff penalties on the criminals who hack into financial and corporate networks putting our data, our finances and our identities at risk. We need to send a message to would be cyber-thieves that we take these crimes seriously and they will pay a price for their actions.
Smith also called for transparency in cloud computing technologies so that consumers know exactly how their personal information and data are being protected and used online.
“Companies must be transparent when collecting consumer data. Consumers have the right to know how their information will be used, especially in light of the growing list of worries about the practices of dominate firms who collect significant amounts of information about consumers online.” Skoglund concluded.
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September 5th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
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