Microsoft, HP, eBay to weigh in on US privacy laws
This article leads with, “A group of U.S. companies, led by technology giants Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and eBay, is set to outline recommendations for new federal data-privacy legislation that could make life easier for consumers and lead to a standard federal breach-notification law.”
The key phrase here is, “…make life easier…”. I applaud the efforts of these organizations to work together to establish a common baseline. That being said the ‘amicable split’ with public interest groups like the CDT is worrisome. If privacy is a right to informational self control, then balancing it against convenience, as articulated in the market and established by a commercial consortium, may lead in the wrong direction.