Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked the U.S. Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy law this year, allowing consumers to
control how their personal information is used.
Gates
repeated past Microsoft calls for a wide-ranging privacy law during a
speech at advocacy group the Center for Democracy and Technology's
(CDT) annual gala dinner Wednesday. A comprehensive privacy bill should
allow consumers to control their personal data, should provide
transparency about what their data is used for, and should notify them
when their data has been compromised, Gates said.
Gates said he believes the U.S. can achieve a balance between privacy and protecting the country against terrorists and other
criminals. But the balance will not be an easy one to create, Gates said.
While
many U.S. residents would say they want as much privacy "as possible,"
law enforcement needs to be able to track criminals, Gates said. "These
privacy issues are not as easy as you might think," he told the crowd.
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