Verizon Continues to Seek US Privacy Law, as FTC Continues Hearings

Verizon seeks a U.S. privacy law, as the FTC continues hearings this week on privacy. Those discussions aren't "happening in a vacuum," blogged the company's Chief Privacy Officer Karen Zacharia Tuesday. "The call for Federal privacy legislation has never been louder, and we have previously explained why it is so important for Congress to pass strong privacy legislation. The FTC’s workshops can help inform how Congress can best embody critical privacy concepts in a federal law, including 'accountability' requirements." Related comments to the FTC are here, including from Verizon, as Zacharia appears on its behalf Wednesday. The FTC's chief was to have spoken there Tuesday (see 1904090085).