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Federal statutes. therefore, we are going to conduct an investigation and issued to you criminal violations or penalties however we move forward with that component of it." yes, we need data security, breach notification, and privacy, reserved to the individual the right to protect themselves online. >> harris: boy, it's interesting. i've been watching a couple days of this. i'm really curious to see how much buy-in these companies are going to have. the browser act offered by congresswoman blackburn, thank you very much. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> harris: the white house says pr...

Marsha blackburn a candidate for the u.s. senate in tennessee. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> sandra: do you think the ftc will find wrongdoing by facebook here? >> we're going let the ftc conduct their investigation but what we do know is the social media search engines, that component of the eco system on the internet has not been transparent in how they protect privacy or how they secure data. sandra, i've had the browser act and tried to get privacy legislation passed. i talk to securimoms and they w their children and families to be secure online. at this point the way facebook ...

And then they sell that information and they make billions of dollars by controlling both what is going on from the publisher, you, putting things online and then selling that information to the advertisers and they make that money. >> sandra: congresswoman, is congress considering new regulations on facebook? >> what we are considering is legislation. you go back to 2011 when the ftc came at facebook for their privacy policy. and the agreement was reached in 2011. you're also looking at what i'm pushing forward, the browser act. which gives you the ability to opt-in, not opt-out, but opt-in t...

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