We need to pass measures that protect consumers' private information while also encouraging new technological innovations.
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We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
We need to listen to consumers' needs.
We have to examine very carefully any privacy-reducing technology.
The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.
I think we all realize the consumer has taken control, and they're not giving it back. So as every new technology comes forward, we have to figure out how to integrate it.
Just because technological advances have made it easier for the federal government to collect information doesn't mean that our privacy rights can or should be violated on the ground or in the air.
I really think we need to see how we can expand our privacy laws.
Why would you codify a set of safeguards you might want to change as technology evolves and you face new risks of privacy, in addition to changing safeguards that might need to be relaxed in an emergency situation?
People have a right to privacy, but they also have a right to live. Fundamentally, we need cybersecurity and need to secure communications as well.
We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.
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