Facebook has announced plans for a new Digital Currency, called libra. David marcus testified for the House Financial Services committee. The committee will come to order. The chair is often recess of the committee at any time. This is entitled based proposed crypto currency an impact on consumers, investors, and the American Financial system. I will now give an Opening Statement for five minutes. Today we are here for a hearing on its books proposed Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet, and the impact on consumers, investors, and the Financial System. David marcus, following his testimony, a panel of experts will share their views on this book plans, is there are serious concerns about the creation of a Digital Currency and digital wallet to expand its reach, like mastercard, paypal, visa, uber reggie lyft rideshare, and specify. Is trying to create a new global fund to rival the us dollar this venture is slated to be based in switzerland, which has a history of creating a have
Investors, and the American Financial system. I will now give an Opening Statement for five minutes. Today we are here for a hearing on its books proposed Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet, and the impact on consumers, investors, and the Financial System. David marcus, following his testimony, a panel of experts will share their views on this book plans, is there are serious concerns about the creation of a Digital Currency and digital wallet to expand its reach, like mastercard, paypal, visa, uber reggie lyft rideshare, and specify. Is trying to create a new global fund to rival the us dollar this venture is slated to be based in switzerland, which has a history of creating a haven for criminals and shady corporations. This plan includes serious privacy training, and monitoring of policy concerns. With 2 billion users, will have immediate access to these products, but also from consumers, festers, and the global economy. In addition, facebook has proposed government guarante
[inaudible conversations] welcome to the subcommittee on Consumer Protection, product safety and Data Security. Will come to order. I apologize for the bit of late. Senator blackburn was here quickly. She is en route. Were at a Pivotal Moment in the age of technology that rely on increasing massive consumer data. Obviously, Artificial Intelligence has gotten the lions share of publicity but thats nowhere near the limit. Businesses collect or process data ranging from personally identifiable information, name, address, likeness, as they say in college these days. Obviously, Sensitive Data like physical locations and browsing history. The threats to consumers data that Companies Face is complex and, in almost every way, daunting. As Companies Collect more data, they become more attractive targets for data breaches. And, by that i mean criminal activity. Each breach costs Companies Nearly 4. 2 million per incident. And consumers shoulder the financial burden and reputational harm of each
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