IP: FTC MEMBER SAYS PRIVACY CONCERNS BECOMING "HYSTERIA": Edupage, June 8, 2001

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> The consumer privacy debate is being influenced by alarmists,
> according to FTC Commissioner Thomas Leary. Leary said that the
> FTC is unlikely to recommend consumer privacy regulations,
> despite the "new hysteria" surrounding the privacy debate.
> "People are beating the drum, and my sense is that the average
> person has far more privacy today than a century ago," said
> Leary. However, Leary does allow that there may be need for
> financial and medical privacy protections. And in the
> international sphere, Leary said that companies must prepare
> themselves to run the gauntlet of foreign privacy rules, even
> if that means exposing themselves to prosecution by other
> governments. The FTC will likely take a hands-off approach to
> regulating B2B exchanges, Leary said.
> (Computerworld Online, 6 June 2001)



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