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Rep. Castor Takes Lead on Children’s Privacy for House Democrats’ Bill Effort

Kathy Castor is taking the lead on children’s privacy issues for House Democrats crafting comprehensive privacy legislation, House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., told us Thursday. Schakowsky hosted a “very substantive meeting” Wednesday with Democratic subcommittee members to…

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discuss potential bill elements. Various members want to “take responsibility” on specific issues, Schakowsky said, like the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act with Castor. The Florida Democrat told us she wants to weigh in “very substantially” on the privacy bill but didn’t elaborate. Schakowsky said she will be “stepping up” meetings with Republicans on privacy soon. She said members left the subcommittee discussion “feeling like it’s beginning to gel.”