{"id":1465,"date":"2011-06-15T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/ncl_statement_on_introduction_of_location_privacy_protection_act_of_2011\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T10:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:58:50","slug":"ncl_statement_on_introduction_of_location_privacy_protection_act_of_2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/ncl_statement_on_introduction_of_location_privacy_protection_act_of_2011\/","title":{"rendered":"NCL statement on introduction of &#8216;Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011&#8217; &#8211; National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- content_before_flip_start --><\/p>\n<p>June 15, 2011<\/p>\n<p><!-- content_before_flip_end --><\/p>\n<p>Contact: NCL Communications, (202) 835-3323, media@nclnet.org<\/p>\n<p>The following statement is attributable to Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League Executive Director:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRequiring consumer notification of location-based tracking is a common-sense response to the explosive growth of this technology.\u00a0 The millions of smartphones in consumers\u2019 pockets are incredibly powerful devices when used properly.\u00a0 However, the potential for misuse of location information and the potential harm to consumers requires prudent rules of the road.\u00a0 At a minimum, consumers should be made aware that their location is being tracked and given more control over how that information is used.\u00a0 We are pleased to see this bill introduced and applaud Senators Franken and Blumenthal for their efforts to protect consumers in the digital age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the National Consumers League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America&#8217;s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.nclnet.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 15, 2011 Contact: NCL Communications, (202) 835-3323, media@nclnet.org The following statement is attributable to Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League Executive Director: \u201cRequiring consumer notification of location-based tracking is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11011,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}