“The Federal Trade Commission has announced a lineup for its new
Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security. The 40-member
panel, which will study the handling of private data by commercial
firms over the Internet, likely represents a milestone on the road
to broad government regulation of online privacy.”
“Notable nominees excluded from the panel include Esther Dyson,
the interim chairwoman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers, and Jason Catlett, the president of privacy
watchdog group Junkbusters.
The panel could have the chance to shape the first broad
governmental regulation of online privacy. Such regulation is
increasingly seen as inevitable, in the face of numerous
Internet security breaches in recent months and growing public
awareness of the issue.”