I want to thank the panelists for your patience. Thank you for being here and being with us and were looking forward to your testimony. Rather than go through the record well start. Thank you. So first of all, id like to thank the committee for the extraordinary work that you did with all of the stakeholders to get a longterm faa reauthorization bill passed. It had been a long time since that had happened and everyone came together, and the votes that you received, we are 393 in the house and 93 in the senate. This is a clear mandate to move forward with very important safety provisions for our Aviation System. Among those was our issue of ten hours rest for Flight Attendants. Now, this is an issue of safety, health and equality. Safety, we had been raising the flag on this issue for more than 30 years, identifying Flight Attendant fatigue, getting through other faa reauthorization bills the commission of fatigue studies, seven in fact that determined that Flight Attendant fatigue does
Added to the parks analyzed for fire risked due to the large number of eucalyptus trees. I would urge the board to look at shortterm Solutions Beyond hose tenders and currently only north basin has been retrofitted and that would be an if south basin ruptures, that would be a loss of Drinking Water to the city. I would urge beyond house hoe tenders, i would urge others well. This includes the replacement of water is sewer lines, thank you. Next speaker. Hello, supervisors. Im albert chow. Im the president of people parkside sunset on taravel street. Since 1906 earthquake and the rebirth of San Francisco, our forefathers thought it was to build a firefighting system, not in case but when. Our city has expandedded to south didnt west and the awss has not kept pace with the growth. Were not projected to be a city of 1. 5 million in the year 200 whic2050. We need more schools, s and open spaces. The fact that we have grown does not mean that the big one is going to ignore us. I own a harbo
My name is emma morris, and im the Global Policy director. I would like to start by thanking congressman cardenas and his staff for securing the room for us for having this important discussion today. Briefly, by way of background for those not familiar with the safety institute, were an International Nonprofit organization looking to make the online world safer for kids and their families. We are pleased to host the panel today to discuss one of the most important issues facing families and kids privacy on the internet. In the united states, the collection and processing of childrens data has primarily been regulated by the childrens Online Privacy protection act for over 20 years. This law long preceded facebook, snapchat, youtube and hello barbie. Weve seen numerous legislative proposals to change the way childrens information is regulated and at the beginning of the summer, the federal trade Commission Published a request for public comment. With all of this activity in mind, it re
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Thank you for joining us today. Im pleased to welcome federal trade commissioner Joseph Simons and commissioner chopra. Batting. 100 so far . 1000. Its the cupping im thinking of. It has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before this Sub Committee. Youre right. Its overdue, and ftc is one of the most important agencies this Sub Committee funds. And its only gotten more important over the last few years. You have enormous jurisdiction. Policing most sectors of our economy for bad behavior. You crack down on abusive robocallers. They investigate data breaches that expose sensitive personal information. They analyze consolidation in the health care market. Helping to limit abusive pricing for essential drugs and health services. Perhaps at the front of mind they are the top cop on the beat for Consumer Privacy violations and other issues in the Technology Sector. This is something everyone worries about these days. Democra
To change the way it is regulated. The ftc [inaudible] , you of this in mind should have received on your way in. We believe that limiting the Data Collected from children and preventing Online Marketing to to under 13 absent her absent parental consent. We also want to ensure businesses comply with the law and protect data on gauging in children. Childrensprotect information rather than ignore data. With that in mind, i will hand over to stephen. And thankou very much you to the team led by emma. Also, as it is probably obvious, cspan is here. We are live, so one questions you could be on broadcast tv. , i will be ceo moderating the panel. Video at cspan will be archived at cspan and will also provide a link. Im going to ask this panel to introduce themselves, starting with you mark. If you could tell us who you are, where you work and a description of your work in this space. Im an assistant director in the Privacy Division and i have been in that job for about 10 years. What the ftc