The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman
The Honorable John Joyce, Vice Chairman
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
PrivacyWorkingGroup@mail.house.gov
Re: Privacy Working Group Request for Information
Dear Chairman Guthrie and Vice Chairman Joyce:
The Entertainment Software Association (“ESA”) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments in response to the Privacy Working Group’s (“Working Group”) Request for Information (“RFI”) issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. ESA is the U.S. trade association for the video game industry; our members are the innovators, creators, publishers, and business leaders reimagining entertainment and transforming how America plays video games on consoles, handheld devices, and personal computers.
The video game industry is a key economic sector that contributes over $100 billion to the U.S. economy. Three out of four U.S. households have at least one gamer in their home. Our industry creates jobs in every state with over 250,000 jobs across over 5,000 video game company locations in the U.S.
