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Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 18, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Technology and Communication Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. I thank you, Mr. Watt and Mr. Goodlatte. I am pleased that we've come together to support this good bill. This bill is going to allow consumers to share their video viewing habits as they see fit, and it will actually enhance consumer privacy without causing any significant detriment to providers of digital services.

I agree that the Senate amendments actually improve the bill, and I think, also, that passing this bill is going to support and enhance emerging online video companies to grow and expand their services. I think it's important that we come together to make sure that our laws actually work well in the Internet environment, which this bill now does.

I look forward to Congress working to do the same thing when it comes to the Electronic Privacy Act reforms we know that are necessary, even copyright reform, to make sure that the laws actually work with modern Internet services. The VPPA is a great start down this road. I look forward to voting in favor of it, and I commend all who worked on it.

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