“The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between privacy policy and innovation in the Internet economy. The Department seeks public comment from all Internet stakeholders, including the commercial, academic and civil society sectors, on the impact of current privacy laws in the United States and around the world on the pace of innovation in the information economy..The Department has launched the Privacy and Innovation Initiative to identify policies that will enhance: (1) The clarity, transparency,
scalability and flexibility needed to foster innovation in the information economy; (2) the public confidence necessary for full citizen participation with the Internet; and (3) uphold
fundamental democratic values essential to the functioning of a free market and a free society.”