President-elect George W. Bush hasn't even taken office yet, but there's already a battle brewing for his attention between groups that are espousing different approaches for regulating online data privacy. In a letter sent Tuesday to Bush, congressional leaders and . . .
President-elect George W. Bush hasn't even taken office yet, but there's already a battle brewing for his attention between groups that are espousing different approaches for regulating online data privacy. In a letter sent Tuesday to Bush, congressional leaders and various other federal and state government officials, and then publicly released today, a group of 17 organizations ranging from the American Library Association to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) proposed a privacy-protection framework that they said they hope will be acted on early this year.

The proposal by Washington-based EPIC and its allies coincides -- and potentially conflicts -- with the American Electronics Association's release earlier today of a list of eight privacy principles that the technology industry trade group wants Congress to consider as it mulls privacy-related legislation

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