tailieunhanh - Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework

The Internet is an extraordinary platform for innovation, economic growth, and social communication. Using the Internet, entrepreneurs reach global markets, political groups organize, and major companies manage their supply chains and deliver services to their customers. Simply stated, the Internet is becoming the central nervous system of our information economy and society. Over the last 15 years, personal computers, mobile phones, and other devices have transformed how we access and use information. As powerful, exciting, and innovative as these developments are, they also bring with them new concerns. New devices and applications allow the collection and use of personal information in ways that, at times, can be contrary to many consumers’. | COMMERCIAL DATA PRIVACY AND INNOVATION IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY A DYNAMIC POLICY FRAMEWORK THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INTERNET POLICY TASK FORCE MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GARY LOCKE The Internet is an extraordinary platform for innovation economic growth and social communication. Using the Internet entrepreneurs reach global markets political groups organize and major companies manage their supply chains and deliver services to their customers. Simply stated the Internet is becoming the central nervous system of our information economy and society. Over the last 15 years personal computers mobile phones and other devices have transformed how we access and use information. As powerful exciting and innovative as these developments are they also bring with them new concerns. New devices and applications allow the collection and use of personal information in ways that at times can be contrary to many consumers privacy expectations. Addressing these issues in a way that protects the tremendous economic and social value of the Internet without stifling innovation requires a fresh look at Internet policy. For this reason in April 2010 I launched an Internet Policy Task Force IPTF which brings together the technical policy trade and legal expertise of the entire Department. The following report - or green paper - recommends consideration of a new framework for addressing online privacy issues in the United States. It recommends that the . government articulate certain core privacy principles in order to assure baseline consumer protections and that collectively the government and stakeholders come together to address specific privacy issues as they arise. We believe this framework will both improve the state of affairs domestically and advance interoperability among different privacy regimes around the world so that globally Internet services can continue to flourish. The report represents the collective effort of numerous staff pulled from my office and across