Privacy Hearing Teed Up in House

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Commerce Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for Sept. 15 on the impact of EU regulation on Internet privacy.

A witness list has yet to be released.

The European Union and U.S. officials are currently working on a coordinated approach to privacy in the digital age, and there are a number of privacy and online security bills in the hopper.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.