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Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
AND CONSULTANT SPECIALIZING IN CONSUMER PRIVACY AND SECURITY ON THE INTERNET. HE HAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A TECHNICAL CONSULTANT TO INTERNET...
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Soltani, Ashkan - Consultant
OWN NOT REPRESENTING THE VIEW OF MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS. UNLIKE DESK TOP COMPUTERS, MOBILE DEVICES INTRODUCE PRIVACY CHALLENGES. USERS CARRY THEIR PHONES...
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| 00:08:31 |
Brookman, Justin - Director
LIVES BETTER. HOWEVER, THE SAME PRIVACY ISSUES FRUSTRATING CONSUMERS IN THE ONLINE SPACE IS HEIGHTENED IN THE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT OPPOSED WEBSITES,...
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| 00:13:51 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
BUD TROUBLES, SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY FOR APPLE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER EXPLAIN APPLE'S APPROACH TO LOCATION PRIVACY. I WANT TO USE MY...
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| 00:18:58 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
I'M CHAIRMAN OF GOOGLE IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY AT THIS IMPORTANT HEARING BEFORE THIS NEW SUBCOMMITTEE. MOBILE...
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| 00:23:59 |
Zuck, Jonathan - President
HEARING. AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MORE THAN 3,000 SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED I.T. COMPANIES, AND A FORMER DEVELOPER MYSELF AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:29:42 |
Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
ON PEOPLE'S COMPUTERS. ABEL'S REPLY TO MY LETTER WILL BE ADDED TO THE RECORD. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE APPLE CEO STEVE JOBS SAID TO THE PRESS. WE BUILD...
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| 00:31:04 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
IT? >> SENATOR, THE DATA THAT IS STORED IN THE DATABASE IS THE LOCATION OF MANY WI-FI HOT SPOTS AND SELL PHONE TOWERS AS WE CAN HAVE. THAT DATA DOESN'T...
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| 00:32:50 |
Soltani, Ashkan - Consultant
GREAT QUESTION. IN MANY CASES THE LOCATION THE BETA REFERS TO IS ACTUALLY THE LOCATION OF THE DEVICE OR SOMEWHERE NEAR IT. IT'S TRUE IN SOME RURAL...
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| 00:35:46 |
Brookman, Justin - Director
THIS? >> THAT IS CORRECT. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE DE SOLD LAW IN THIS COUNTRY FOR SHARING DATA IS YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. THE ONLY THING YOU...
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| 00:37:12 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
ABOUT THE APPLICATION PRIVACY. AT GOOGLE WE'VE TRIED TO MAXIMIZE THE OPENNESS OF OUR PLATFORM TO LL LOTS OF DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP APPLICATIONS....
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| 00:37:54 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
CLEAR AND COMPLETE NOTICE IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE ACCUSER'S INFORMATION OR A DEVICE INFORMATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO BECOME AN APPLE...
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| 00:40:00 |
Blumenthal, Richard - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
FOCUS ON THE VERY BROAD AREA OR ISSUE OF TRUST THAT MR. DAVIDSON RAISED, WHICH I THINK GOES TO THE CORE OF MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO WITH THE CONSENT AND...
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| 00:41:28 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
IT INTENTIONALLY. >> AND IN FACT, THIS PERSONAL DATA IN THE INTERCEPTION AND THE DOWNLOADING OF THIS IS CONTEMPLATED IN FACT BY A PATENT APPLICATION THAT...
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| 00:45:51 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
IT WOULD BE. WE DON'T COLLECT DATA OR USE THAT IN OUR MECHANISMS FOR THE MUSTACHIO LOCATING -- GEOLOCATING AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT SURE HOW YOU...
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| 00:46:33 |
Brookman, Justin - Director
SOLTANI. WOULD BE THE PREMIER LI INTERESTING FACT IS HERE IS A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT THE NEED TO SENSE THAT SENDING INFORMATION OUT TECHNOLOGICALLY,...
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| 00:46:56 |
Soltani, Ashkan - Consultant
WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY -- WHETHER THAT IS PAYLOAD DATA. SO GOOGLE COLLECTS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOT SPOT, WHICH INCLUDES THE HEADER INFORMATION...
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| 00:47:30 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
WE ARE IN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY REGULATORS INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF THIS IF CONNECTICUT REGULATORS AROUND THE WORLD, SOME OF THEM ASKED US...
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| 00:49:11 |
Coburn, Thomas "Tom" A. M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
FOR YOUR SYSTEM. HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS TO PUT ON THEM? >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THE WORK? BUT THEY AREN'T USING DATA THAT...
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| 00:49:30 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
APPLE CURATES THE ALPS IN THE STORE THE WAY THEY GET APPS ON THE PHONE IS THE YEAR IN THE APPLE APP STORE. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR...
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| 00:51:36 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
AND WE DON'T -- WE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO BE THE GATEKEEPER IN TERMS OF WHAT APPLICATION PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO. NOW, THAT HAS -- THAT IS STRIKING A BALANCE,...
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| 00:55:11 |
Zuck, Jonathan - President
THEY KNOW THEY ARE SHARING INFORMATION IN ORDER TO GET INFORMATION. THE OTHER USE IS TO ALLOW FOR PARTNERSHIPS AND REVENUE STREAMS FROM AD NETWORKS....
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| 00:56:11 |
Whitehouse, Sheldon - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
WE ARE IN OF VERY NEW AREA IN TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR TAKE OF. SHOULD BE. WHETHER EXISTING MODELS ARE A GOOD ANALOGY FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW...
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| 00:57:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TERMS OF DON'T BLAME US FOR WHAT COMES ACROSS THE PIPES, EVEN IF IT IS CRAWLING WITH MEL WHERE AND REALLY PUTTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AT RISK. ...
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| 00:59:28 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
EASILY. >> YOU'RE NOT AWARE SOMEONE IS SELLING LOOK THIS AFFIRMATION. >> THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT AREA ABOUT THE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR CONSUMERS...
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| 01:04:43 |
Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
TO THE WITNESSES. I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR A MEETING ON THE THE MENACE OF THE FLOODING. SENATOR SCHUMER HAS STEPPED IN. >> LET ME THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN,...
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| 01:05:05 |
Schumer, Charles E. - U.S. Senator, [D] New York
COME UP BECAUSE WE ARE IN THIS BRAVE NEW WORLD WHERE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE MUCH MORE FREELY CREATING NEW PRIVACY CONCERNS AND THE BALANCE IS ONE...
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| 01:08:13 |
Davidson, Alan - Director
WE TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND APPRECIATE YOU RAISING IT. AS I DISCUSSED, WE HAVE A POLICY ON OUR APPLICATION STORE, ON OUR PLATFORM WHERE WE DO...
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| 01:10:59 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
WARRANTS OF DRUG DRIVING. AS AIDS PHYSICIAN WHO HAS WORKED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE TRAGEDY THAT CAN COME ABOUT DUE TO DRUNK DRIVING....
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| 01:14:59 |
Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
A SECOND ROUND. >> IT TELLS YOU THAT IF THAT APPLICATION WILL ACCESS YOUR LOCATION, CALENDAR, CONTACT LIST YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO OPT OUT OF THOSE. AND...
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| 01:15:54 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
WELL, IN THE CASE OF THOSE THINGS, WE ENCOURAGE IT, AS I MENTIONED, AND EVEN REQUIRE THE PROVIDER THEMSELVES TO GIVE NOTICE AND GIVE CONSENT FROM THE...
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| 01:19:35 |
Soltani, Ashkan - Consultant
ARE REPEATEDLY SURPRISED BY THE INFORMATION THAT APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORMS ARE ACCESSING. TRUSTING THEIR COMPUTERS AND OTHER DEVICES WITH A GREAT...
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| 01:23:08 |
Blumenthal, Richard - U.S. Senator, [D] Connecticut
FOOTNOTE TO YOUR CONVERSATION, EARLIER YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT SOMETIMES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICIZED CHECKPOINTS SO THAT TURNED DRIVERS...
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| 01:24:25 |
Tribble, Bud - Vice President
LEGISLATION? >> I ACTUALLY AM NOT THE POLICY PERSON. BUT I WILL SAY IS THAT IN GENERAL WE THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT INFORMATION KEPT ON OUR...
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| 01:26:36 |
Brookman, Justin - Director
REGIMES IN PLACE TO REQUIRE REASONABLE SECURITY PRACTICES. THE FTC HAS BROUGHT CASES WHERE COMPANIES FAILED TO ADEQUATELY SECURE DATA, AND THE NOTIFICATION,...
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| 01:29:46 |
Franken, Al - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
THE RANKING MEMBER, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO TESTIFIED TODAY, THANK YOU ALL. AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.