INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Peter Swire discusses the balance of privacy and commercial usefulness of de-identified data in testimony before the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Policymakers need to give consumers the choice to protect their privacy or allow e-commerce companies to profile their web travels.
Science Progress and American Progress's Doing What Works project teamed up to produce a set of policy proposals that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reinvest in the building blocks of American science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Read the overview of the five reports.
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