A Commerce Department task force, seeking to develop a framework for online privacy that would benefit both consumers and businesses, called for the creation of an office within the department that would work to strengthen privacy policies in the United States and coordinate initiatives with other countries. The Privacy Policy Office, proposed by the department’s Internet Policy Task Force, would work with the administration, the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies on issues surrounding international and commercial data privacy issues.
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