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Insider Q&A: Business Roundtable executive on data privacy

By MARCY GORDON lation. And that's because
WASHINGTON (AP) — De- we think maintaining and
nise Zheng is vice president improving consumer trust
at the Business Roundtable, is important to our com-
an association of CEOs panies. And the recep-
of major U.S. companies, tion has been very positive
where she oversees the to our proposal. It's also
technology and internet worth pointing out that the
innovation committee. Her Roundtable represents ba-
previous background in- sically all the major industry
cludes work as a technical sectors, including technol-
adviser for the Plan X cyber ogy, and so often a lot of
warfare program at the these debates about tech-
U.S. Defense Advanced related legislation break
Research Projects Agency, down because you don't
known as DARPA. have uniformity across the
The Q&A has been edited industry sectors. So a lot of
for clarity and length. the lawmakers and their
__ staff that we talk to are im-
Q: Congress seems to be pressed that so many differ-
getting serious now about U.S. and also internation- individual rights over their good governance prac- ent industries have come
national legislation to pro- ally, with the European personal data. And that tices that we're promoting to the table and aligned
tect the privacy of consum- Union's privacy regime and includes transparency that through this proposal. Prac- around one proposal.
ers' data. The Roundtable similar regulations in places would require companies tices such as privacy by de- Q: How do you view the
put forward its framework like Brazil, China and India. to very clearly disclose to sign, where companies are prospects for legislation to
for legislation in December. That's why our team put consumers how their data actually embedding pri- emerge?
What's the gist of it? together a working group is collected, how it's used, vacy mechanisms into their A: We're hopeful. We think
A: Last summer we heard of chief privacy officers to how it's shared; to provide products and services from this is one of the first times
from many of our member develop a proposal for leg- consumers with the right of the ground up. that you see all of the in-
companies that privacy is islation that would establish control over their data, in- Q: How has the proposal dustry and consumer
increasingly a major con- one consistent, federal pri- cluding the right to opt out been received by lawmak- groups and lawmakers on
cern from the standpoint of vacy standard in the United of the sale of their data to ers? both sides of the aisle say-
wanting to build and main- States that would ideally third parties; and the abil- A: I think a lot of folks in Con- ing we need to get some-
tain trust with their consum- be interoperable with inter- ity to access and correct gress are happy to see the thing done here. Of course
ers. There's also the increas- national regimes as well. their information as well as Business Roundtable take the devil's always in the de-
ingly complex regulatory What we're advocating to delete it. Those are very privacy seriously. Rarely do tails. So this isn't going to be
landscape on privacy at for is to provide consumers critical individual rights. we ever go around advo- easy, but I think we're very
the state level across the with a guaranteed set of We also have what we call cating for additional regu- optimistic.q

Trump attacks social media

companies after Facebook bans

Joseph Watson and Laura dia companies, including Rosborough said Twitter en-
Loomer, along with Jones' Watson and actor James forces its rules "impartially
site, Infowars, which often Woods. He insisted it was for all users, regardless of
posts conspiracy theories. "getting worse and worse their background or politi-
The latest bans apply both for Conservatives on social cal affiliation."
to Facebook's main service media!" Trump, who uses Twitter ex-
and to Instagram and ex- Woods, one of Hollywood's tensively to push his mes-
tend to fan pages and oth- most outspoken conserva- sage, recently met with
President Donald Trump speaks during a National Day of Prayer er related accounts. tives, has had his Twitter Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at
event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, Facebook's move signaled account locked. Twitter the White House after at-
2019, in Washington. renewed effort by the so- spokeswoman Katie Ros- tacking the company and
cial media giant to re- borough said Woods will complaining that it was not
STERLING, Va. (AP) — Presi- that social media compa- move people and groups need to delete a tweet that treating him well because
dent Donald Trump criti- nies exhibit bias against promoting objectionable violated Twitter rules before he was a Republican.
cized social media com- conservatives, something material such as hate, rac- he can be reinstated. He later described it as a
panies after Facebook the companies have re- ism and anti-Semitism. The Trump tweeted: "How can "great meeting."
banned a number of ex- jected as untrue. company said it has "al- it be possible that James The president had more
tremist figures, declaring The president's comments ways banned" people or Woods (and many oth- than social media on his
that he was "monitoring came after Facebook this groups that proclaim a vio- ers), a strong but respon- mind Saturday. Trump also
and watching, closely!!" week banned Louis Farra- lent or hateful mission or are sible Conservative Voice, is tweeted that he was hold-
Trump, who tweeted and khan, Alex Jones and other engaged in acts of hate or banned from Twitter? Social ing out hopes for a deal
re-tweeted complaints Fri- extremists, saying they vio- violence, regardless of po- Media & Fake News Media, with North Korea on its
day and Saturday, said he lated its ban on "dangerous litical ideology. together with their partner, nuclear program, as well
would "monitor the censor- individuals." The company On Twitter, Trump cited a the Democrat Party, have as improved relations with
ship of AMERICAN CITIZENS also removed right-wing number of individuals he no idea the problems they Russia, now that he feels
on social media platforms." personalities Paul Nehlen, said were being unfairly are causing for themselves. the special counsel investi-
He has previously asserted Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul treated by social me- VERY UNFAIR!" gation is behind him.q