Two Silicon Valley congresswomen propose a new federal agency to enforce online privacy rights

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Two Silicon Valley congresswomen propose a new federal agency to enforce online privacy rights
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Democratic Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren announced the Online Privacy Act as Congress has struggled to agree on specifics of privacy legislation.

Democratic Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren announced the Online Privacy Act as Congress has struggled to agree on specifics of online privacy laws.

Two congresswomen from Silicon Valley introduced a new online privacy bill Tuesday that proposes creating a federal enforcement agency to protect privacy rights. "I believe that the FTC lacks the staff, the expertise and the culture to take [this on]." Eshoo said. "This is a monumental task of protecting privacy."

The bill explicitly provides protections for journalists to "use or disclose personal information for investigative journalism no differently than they do today."

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