United States · Resolution · HRES
H.Res. 159 (107th)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.
Introduced
7 June 2001
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
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4 February 2025
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users. Calls for: (1) commercial and nonprofit web site operators, Members of Congress and their offices, and executive departments and agencies to deploy P3P-compliant privacy policies on their web sites; (2) legislation relating to online privacy to consider such specification; (3) the education of Internet users concerning such specification; and (4) commercial software developers to fully implement such specification.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2001
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2001
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 June 2001
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-resolution/159
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hres/159