[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 17460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 120214135-2203-02]
RIN 0660-XA27


Multistakeholder Process To Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes 
of Conduct

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) announces that the closing deadline for submitting comments 
responsive to the March 5, 2012 request for public comments on the 
multistakeholder process to develop consumer data privacy codes of 
conduct has been extended until 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 
April 2, 2012.

DATES: Comments are due by 5 p.m. EDT on April 2, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by email to 
[email protected]. Comments submitted by email should be 
machine-searchable and should not be copy-protected. Written comments 
also may be submitted by mail to 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 
4725, Washington, DC 20230. Responders should include the name of the 
person or organization filing the comment, as well as a page number on 
each page of their submissions. All comments received are a part of the 
public record and will generally be posted to http://www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/2012/comments-multistakeholder-process without 
change. All personal identifying information (for example, name, 
address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly 
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business information or 
otherwise sensitive or protected information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 
amended Notice contact Aaron Burstein, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1055; email [email protected]. Please direct media 
inquiries to NTIA's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 2012, the Executive Office 
of the President released Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A 
Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global 
Digital Economy (``the Privacy and Innovation Blueprint'').\1\ The 
Privacy and Innovation Blueprint articulates a Consumer Privacy Bill of 
Rights and directs NTIA to convene open, transparent, consensus-based 
processes in which stakeholders develop legally enforceable codes of 
conduct that implement the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights in specific 
settings. On March 5, 2012, NTIA requested public comments on (1) which 
consumer data privacy issues should be the focus of NTIA-convened 
multistakeholder processes, and (2) specific procedural considerations 
that NTIA should take into account when initiating a privacy 
multistakeholder process.\2\ The request for public comments set a 
deadline for submission of comments on March 26, 2012. NTIA announces 
that the closing deadline for submission of comments responsive to the 
March 5, 2012 request has been extended until 5 p.m. EDT on April 2, 
2012.
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    \1\ The White House, Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: 
A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the 
Global Digital Economy, Feb. 2012, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf.
    \2\ See 77 FR 13098 (Mar. 5, 2012), available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_privacy_rfc_notice_03052012_0.pdf.

    Dated: March 20, 2012.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.
[FR Doc. 2012-7119 Filed 3-23-12; 8:45 am]
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