[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4632 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4632

To require Federal regulation of online privacy protections to apply to 
                         all Federal agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 1998

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
  on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require Federal regulation of online privacy protections to apply to 
                         all Federal agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Practice What You Preach Privacy 
Protection Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Trade Commission has begun a 
proceeding to issue an enforcement policy statement to clarify the 
application of existing Federal Trade Commission rules and guides to 
electronic media, including e-mail, CD-ROMs, and the Internet, to 
provide protection for persons subject to information gathering through 
the electronic media. (16 CFR Ch 1). The Commission began the 
proceeding by stating proposed guidelines for the application of such 
rules and guides which require that--
            (1) individuals contacted by electronic media be given 
        notice by the entity using the media of the entity's 
        information practice;
            (2) such individuals be given a choice with respect to the 
        use and dissemination of information collected from and about 
        them;
            (3) such individuals be given access to information about 
        them collected and stored by the using entity; and
            (4) the entity take appropriate steps to ensure the 
        security and integrity of any information collected.
    (b) Federal Compliance.--To the extent appropriate, all Federal 
agencies using electronic media to carry out its activities shall take 
such action as may be necessary to comply with Federal Trade Commission 
rules and guidelines as made applicable to electronic media under the 
guidelines under the enforcement policy statement proceeding referred 
to in subsection (a). Such action shall be completed before the Federal 
Trade Commission issues a final enforcement policy statement applicable 
to the private sector.
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