. >> this week, representative mary bono mack talks about the theft of millions of consumers' personal data through computer hacking into sony's playstation network, and what she would like to see government do to protect consumers. >> congresswoman mary bono mack, one of your key questions yesterday at the sony-a brief hearing was, why weren't sony customers told us earlier? are you satisfied with the answer that sunny provided? >> not yet. for me as a policymaker and the consumer, i think the consumer always should be alerted first and foremost with any data reach like this because only they know what data might have been exposed. if sony would have come forward and testified at the hearing, we could have got a lot of answers that would have been very helpful. frustrated, concerned, we will follow this and see if there is a legitimate reason or if they were creating greater jeopardy for consumers. at the fact that sony provided written answers, was that satisfactory? if you get asked to testify at a hearing by congress, chances are you are going to come, correct? >> well, you would h

our guest is representative mary bono mack. we're talking about the data security breach hearing that was held this week in her subcommittee. juliana gruenwald with "national journal" is our guest reporter. >> host: getting back to the tracking issue. do you have overall concern about web sites tracking you as you go place to place on the web, you know, in order to target ads to you? do you think that's something that should be regulated? have you had any thoughts on, you know, proposals for do not track? is that something congress should mandate, or should that be left to the private sector to lead on? >> guest: that's a great question. i am looking at it and, again, trying to separate good practices from bad for the consumer to make sure their online experience is a good one and that the data collected on them is something they know and understand and can participate in. for me, i know the industries involved -- and there are quite a few industries -- they're all looking at this themselves to make sure they're not oversteppin

our guest is representative mary bono mack. she is the chairwoman of the energy and commerce subcommittee on commerce manufacturing and trade. we are talking about the data security breach hearing that was held this week in her subcommittee. juliana gruenwald with "national journal" is our guest reporter. >> guest: getting back to the tracking issue do you overall in terms of internet tracking, as you go from place to place on the web, in order to target ads, do you think that is something that should be regulated? do you have any thoughts on do not track and should that be left to the private sector to innovate on? >> guest: that is a great question, juliana. i'm looking at it and looking at it very closely and again trying to separate out good practices from that in trying to protect consumer to make sure their on line experience is a good one and the data being collected on them is something they don't understand and can't participate in. for me, know the industry involved and there were quite a few different industries, the

i would like to thank chairman bono mack for holding this time and important hearing.n the last month we have seen some serious private sector data breaches that have affected millions of americans. just last week sony revealed that information connected to 77 million customer accounts have been compromised. and then on monday, sony announced even more consumer information was breached your data breaches threaten the financial well being of individuals whose personal information is exploited, to commit identity theft or fraud. there is no one solution to these threats. criminal hackers are targeting us every minute. today we'll hear from federal law enforcement and how the attacking this problem. however, the private sector also must step up to the plate. the private sector can and must do a better job of safeguarding sensitive personal information. information is the currency of the digital economy, and it must be secure. just as a bank would not leave its vault unlocked and open to these, companies must secure information and keep it out of the hands of identity thie

we are also being joined by chaz's step-mother who is a congresswoman, mary bono mack. on a cliff hanger where i managed to hear a potential marriage between the newly male chaz and jennifer. chaz was saying you are entitled to act as the person that marries them. the obvious question is would you like to do that? >> well, piers, great timing, but first i want to commend you on being able to reach out to chaz and put the squeeze on him to get this done. my husband told me something that's very important with marriage. that is, you can be right or you can be happy. and chaz, jenny said a church and i'm so honored you would suggest me. they need to work it out further rather than the pressure tonight. i'm honored and chaz is one of the greatest lessons in my life. i'm honored that he would request that of me. >> without wishing to push it too far but clearly jennifer has expressed her wish. shouldle we get to a stage within the year-long window within which chaz has now said he would be held to and we get to the church and you are asked formally to officiate would you do

mary bono mack chairs the subcommittee. >> 77 million accounts stolen and including 10 million credit the data breaches has the potential to be the great robbery and cyber attack. >>> sony turned turned down to testify at a hearing yesterday. instead they sent a letter calling themselves a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack. >>> san francisco leaders will announce new details today on the makeover project for the downtown hetrion building. a new target store at fourth and mission has been announced. at today's groundbreaking we'll find out what other tenants will move in. it will have 600 construction jobs. target moves in on the second level hiring another 700 employees late next year. >> a just released report on weekly jobless claims is influencing the markets. >> check in with jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning to you. rents on the rise, especially in san jose research firm, san jose and new york city are the strongest rental markets. nationwide rents are up an average of 2%. they say watch more more rent hikes so it's making buying a home more attr

. >> reporter: yesterday, representative mary bono mack of palm springs released a letter written by an apple lawyer which said, consumers are increasingly demanding accurate location information from their hand-held guys and they are not just going to be asking about the devices themselves. they will also be trying to get information about these third party apps, this software like computer games, on your phone that also track your location, as well. back to you. >> thank you, kiet do. >>> our time now 6:05. another look at traffic and weather. kristy another beautiful day out there. we are enjoying the sunshine. >> it's going to be gorgeous today. absolutely right. a little warmer than where we were yesterday about 5 degrees warmer in some places and clear conditions today. satellite showing us that low that was bringing us cloud cover the past couple of days is pushed to the east of us so it's going to be clear, beautiful, blue skies today. current temperatures outside right now look like this. 51 in oakland, 50 for san francisco, 50 also in redwood city, 49 in concord and 41 in n

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