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Lawmaker Plans File-Sharing Bill to Prevent Data Leaks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2009 - 10:53am.
Washington - A U.S. House Democrat said at a hearing on Wednesday that he plans to introduce a bill that would limit the use of peer-to-peer file-sharing applications on government computers, CNET News.com reported. After hearing testimony that Secret Service safehouse locations, evacuation plans for the first lady, and IRS tax returns may still be found on file-sharing networks, Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) announced plans for the legislation.

Towns also said the Federal Trade Commission should look into whether peer-to-peer application developers are violating the law.

In most instances, sensitive documents are shared unwittingly when file-sharing software users fail to exclude documents from the files on their computers made available for sharing on the network.

 

Related Links:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10298698-38.html

http://www.house.gov/towns/

Published in DMW Daily, July 29, 2009
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | FTC | Copyright | Lime Wire | Edolphus Towns |



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