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Much Too Young to Lose Privacy

Children as young as two years are having their personal information traded and sold in the market place. Under the guise of pageants, camps, and fast food restaurant coupons more personally identifiable information on children is finding its way into the commercial trade on personal information according to a Seattle Times Editorial. The editorial supports the need for a bill introduced by Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, titled the Children's Listbroker Privacy Act. The bill would ban the trade in children�s personally identifiable information.

Preserving the privacy of toddlers to teens, Seattle Times, July 7, 2004