Public Policy: The OTA interfaces with industry, business, consumer groups and government to develop self-regulation, legislation, and best practices.
Although it is only voluntary, the commission made clear that it would call for legislation if self-regulation by the parties failed.
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The British reforms came largely through voluntary codes and self-regulation, rather than legislation.
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Commerce's draft report doesn't recommend specific legislation, but does indicate that self-regulation isn't robust enough, these people said.
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Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes noted that the report said legislation was essential to underpin the independent self-regulatory system.
In this he has the support of Tony Blair, whose opposition to privacy legislation is coupled with the belief that self-regulation can be made to work.
In his report into press standards and ethics last week, Lord Justice Leveson recommended an independent self-regulatory watchdog for the press, backed by legislation.
Lord Justice Leveson has recommended an independent self-regulatory body for the newspaper industry, backed up by legislation to ensure its independence and effectiveness.
In November the report on press standards by Lord Justice Leveson, commissioned in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, recommended an independent, self-regulatory watchdog for the press that would be backed by legislation.
After all, what self-respecting member of the US House of Representatives would vote against legislation called Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online, or SAFE?
He said the co-ordination of social security legislation was portrayed as a "safety net" for hard-working self-employed people who fall on hard times.
But Hollings, a fierce critic of industry self-regulation, is outside the bipartisan mainstream, which leans toward enacting mild online privacy legislation, if any.
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