He is satisfied with industry's effort to protect online privacy. He concurred with the report's conclusion that no legislation is needed at this time. However, he criticized three aspects of the report. He objected to burying the recommendation against legislation at the end of the report. Thus, the Report does not present a clear and complete picture of the substantial progress industry has made in the past year.
Faint praises tend to be damning.
Industry's leadership in achieving progress should be lauded not buried. The way to get where we want to be is not through more laws and regulation. Rather, industry, privacy and consumer advocates, and the Commission should be able to make further progress by continuing to work hard and work together. In the event that our joint efforts do not produce results, I would caution industry that there are many eager and willing to regulate. If industry wants to have the freedom to adopt privacy policies in response to market incentives and not government regulation, I encourage industry to continue to lead the way.