Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Episode 80: Privacy legislation

Thursday, July 28, 2011

There are roughly a dozen bills in Congress that cover some aspect of citizen’s privacy. Chris Wilson, director and counsel for E-Commerce & Telecommunications at TechAmerica, fill listeners in on the latest in possible privacy legislation along with predictions on what may happen with some of the bills.



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