Posted on 04/21/2004 11:12:44 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Bill Nelson (D-FL), along with other outsourcing opposers, are pushing legislation that make U.S. companies liable if a foreign subcontractor violates American privacy laws, the Times Union reports.
The bill would also demand that U.S. businesses, including physicians and hospitals, gain consent from their consumers before shipping their private data overseas if the Federal Trade Commission determines that the destination does not have adequate privacy laws.
"It’s an atomic invasion of privacy when consumer information is shipped overseas. There are not the consumer privacy safeguards that there are in this country," said Nelson, who is drafting a similar bill with Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA).
According to Mark Miles, director of the Center for International Trade and Economics, this legislation will "impose on foreign countries the regulatory burdens that we have in the United States that have raised the cost of doing business and have caused the outflow of these services."
"Americans have the right to expect that their most private personal information will remain private no matter if it’s sent across town or across an ocean," Clinton said.
This isn't strong enough. If there isn't an outright ban, then they will have no problem getting you to grant consent. E.g., "If you want us to treat you ..." or "If you want your insurance to pay for this ..."
Except when it's 1,100 FBI files and Linda Tripp's personnel file.
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