The notion of a privacy bill of rights is something that has been discussed, he says.
Others are concerned about how the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights will evolve once so many parties have their say.
The White House is expected to call for similar rights when it releases its "Privacy Bill of Rights" later this year.
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In the United States, President Obama has called for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and recommended the adoption of new privacy law.
And last month, the White House proposed its own "Privacy bill of rights" that depends on voluntary commitments by both Google and Facebook.
Just last month, President Obama stepped into the privacy battle between the consumers and giant corporations by introducing a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
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In particular, the principles in the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights may require greater protections for personal data obtained from children and teenagers than for adults.
The White House included "respect for context" in its blueprint for a Privacy Bill of Rights that would set some guidelines for the use of personal data.
Accountability: Consumers have a right to have personal data handled by companies with appropriate measures in place to assure they adhere to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.
The administration's report, expected to be released Thursday, calls for Congress to pass a "privacy bill of rights" that will give people greater control over the personal data collected about them.
The phrase appeared in federal legislation for the first time this year in the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights introduced in the Senate by John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Since the blueprint for a so-called Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights was unveiled Thursday, which included Do Not Track technology for web browsers, there has been a wide range of reaction, from praise to dire warnings.
The Commerce Department recently called for a privacy bill of rights for Internet users, while the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a do-not-track tool that would let users stop or restrict advertisers from studying their online behavior to target ads.
But the big act came on Thursday when the Obama administration released its Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World report (PDF) that includes a proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that the administration plans to send to Congress.
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