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The Ugliness of Privacy Notices
What troubles me is that this may not really be an accurate description of what drives Federal regulation. Private companies have long used lobbyists to create legislation that benefits them. So the question becomes whether the proposed legislation is really being created by a politician acting on behalf of the citizens or whether the politician is simply a front for a corporate interest.
For example Mike Masnick has written several posts concerning how the XM and Sirius merger was being frustrated by the terrestrial radio lobby. Private industry as can be observed attempts to create rigged mandates, through the government, to hinder evolving technologies which places a chill on US competitiveness.
Irrespective of who is the actual proponent of any legislation the obvious conclusion is that the government is still failing us. Our elected politicians need to act on behalf of the citizens, not corporate interests.
PS: Evidently, at least two of my posts were deleted from this forum. So I guess that I have joined Enigma_Foundry in the deleted posts club. I sent an email to you last week but had not received a reply.