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Nicholas Begich: “We need a digital bill of rights, a constitutional amendment…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Live with Nick Begich for U.S. Congress

Published | Video Starts at 36:03

What kinds of concerns of privacy do we have, and do you have with that? And what kinds of legislation do you think needs to be done, if any? Yeah, I think that what We need a digital bill of rights, a constitutional amendment that enshrines our rights with respect to privacy and specifically digital privacy. Clearly, we're well beyond, the founders would not have envisioned computers and networks and vast databases that can be gathered about all your purchasing history and all these things that exist today. (36:03–36:15)

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Asserts the need for a constitutional amendment for digital privacy rights.

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