I am exceedingly mindful about the importance of filing a complaint or an indictment, which often is the most consequential part of the judicial process.
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And why not also require remedies in the case of a breach where that kind of accountability is imposed, for example, insurance or credit freezes, credit monitoring, as a matter of law, so that what is increasingly becoming standard…
Computer industry insiders have solutions to many cyber security problems, but the incentives to adopt them are weak.
The FTC statutes that prohibit unfair and deceptive practices simply do not provide the kind of targeted enforcement opportunity that I think is absolutely necessary.
As with any kind of liability or accountability, legal responsibility, there is a duty of care, and that duty of care can impose reasonable measures that common sense or technology would provide the means to do.
I want to thank all of you again for being here and for your very, very useful contribution to this hearing.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here, also Apple and Google and the consultants that we have, in this profoundly important hearing.
Why would the company then submit a patent application for the process--that very process that it denies having used?
I think that anything the Congress can do, I think, to protect kids in particular in this space is a worthy effort.
Well, we look forward to the package, and to the package that you will be receiving in hopefully a very short time.
And would you agree that collection of this data violates privacy rights and that it may, in fact, be illegal?
Well, in fact, the payload information would be extremely valuable in constructing this wireless network map, would it not?





