“The Privacy Report is devoid of any consideration of the costs of legislation in comparison to the asserted benefits of enhancing consumer confidence and allowing electronic commerce to reach its full potential,”
Orson Swindle
“This creates some momentum for really addressing privacy legislation as early as next year.”
Jerry Berman
“CEOs must personally involve themselves in security and privacy. I think legislation in this case should be generally a last resort.”
Jeff Richards
“This is the time, this is the place, we believe, for the government to adopt privacy legislation on a national basis,”
Brad Smith
“There will be legislation to tighten up privacy. And if not legislation, there will be more regulation.”
Chris Hoofnagle
“You also have to consider legislation such as data protection. There are privacy and human rights law for e-mails, which you can overcome if you have the right contract of employment.”
Peter Sommer
“[Privacy legislation] potentially will cause a fundamental shift in how businesses interact with customers and vice versa.”
Rick Lane