[IDG] Privacy advocates in Washington have been busy in recent months.Groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have sounded alarms on several privacy-related issues before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies.CDT, more recently joined by Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc., has long pushed Congress to pass comprehensive privacy legislation that would set the ground rules for businesses that handle personal information. Several lawmakers have recently called for a broad privacy law.
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Momentum builds for U.S. privacy policy, but passage of a privacy law unlikely until 2009
Privacy advocates in Washington have been busy in recent months. Groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have sounded alarms on several privacy-related issues before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies.