Privacy Bills Introduced in House
Representative Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) has introduced three privacy bills in the House. The first, H.R. 89, calls upon the FTC to prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of Internet users. The second, H.R. 90, prohibits telemarketers from shielding their identities from caller ID systems. The last, H.R. 91, would regulate the use of Social Security numbers and related personally identifiable information.Representative Paul (R-TX) introduced the Identity Theft Prevention Act. The Act would require the Social Security Administration to reissue new tax identifiers to all Americans. The new numbers would be the legal property of the recipient.
ISP Shield Bill, House Tech Measures Debut, Newsbytes.com, January 4, 2001.
Congressman Reintroduces Social Security Bill, DMNews, January 23, 2001.
Representative Paul�s remarks, GPO Access.
Representative Paul�s �Privacy Forum,� Congressional website.
H.R. 89, the Online Privacy Protection Act, THOMAS database.
H.R. 90, the Know Your Caller Act, THOMAS Database.
H.R. 91, the Social Security On-line Privacy Protection Act, THOMAS Database.
H.R. 220, the Identity Theft Protection Act THOMAS Database.
