Intel, Microsoft, eBay support Rush's privacy bill, while noting concerns - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

Sarah Jerome, 10/o7/10

The companies said they 'support the bill's overall framework' and commended it for striking 'the appropriate balance by providing businesses with the opportunity to enter into a robust self-regulatory choice program.'

They also said lawmakers should remove the provision allowing consumers to take legal action against companies. They said that would create 'unnecessary litigation costs and uncertainty for businesses' without 'a corresponding benefit to consumer privacy.'"