Submission Number: 00208 

Received: 1/6/2011 9:16:23 AM
Commenter: William Whitworth
Organization: Whitworth & Associates, Inc.
State: South Carolina
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: A Preliminary FTC Staff Report on "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers"
Attachments: No Attachments
Submission Text
"This proposal (like legislation that was introduced but not acted upon by Congress) uses the very broad term 'precise geolocation data' but does not define the term. This is very dangerous. Also, to require that any geospatial firm get 'affirmative express consent' from every citizen about whom precise geolocation data is to be collected is impractical to the point of being impossible. This is not just data about an individual but any 'precise geolocation data.' This would require every citizen to be contacted and approval obtained before parcel data is collected, or imagery, or elevation data or any other geolocation data."