California would be leading the charge for individuals online privacy rights, with a bill currently in the house that can be likened to the "no call list". The bill would not allow companies to track your online habits, as most do now, in order to provide web sites with advertisements based on your previous web history. This legislation is mirroring legislation at the federal level, as the Obama Administration has stated its interest in creating a "privacy bill of rights".
Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, sponsored and introduced by Senator Joseph Lierberman on 06/10/2010.
Latest Major Action: 12/15/2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar.
A governmental style press release on the official website of the "United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs".
A response to the Mubarak government's shut down of the Internet in Egypt.
A Senate bill sponsored by: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT]
Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Cyberspace Policy, which shall: (1) develop a national strategy to increase the security and resiliency of cyberspace; (2) oversee, coordinate, and integrate federal policies and activities relating to cyberspace security and resiliency; (3) ensure that all federal agencies comply with appropriate guidelines, policies, and directives from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other federal agencies with responsibilities relating to cyberspace security or resiliency, and the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications (established by this Act); and (4) ensure that federal agencies have access to, receive, and appropriately disseminate law enforcement, intelligence, terrorism, and any other information relevant to the security of specified federal, military, and intelligence information infrastructure.