Head over to TechCrunch and check out this article by Zach Whittaker (a good follow on Twitter, by the way). It details Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s new bill called the Data Protection Act that would “create and meaningfully enforce” data protection at a federal level. This is just the latest in a series of different bills presented in Congress trying to bring a more cohesive regulation framework to privacy and data security in the US (as noted in this article at the National Law Review). To date, none of the proposed federal regulations have gotten enough traction to be passed into law, but don’t worry–it’s coming. With the states leading the way with things like CCPA and the Nevada Privacy Law, businesses are starting to be affected by the varying laws. And even though privacy is not quite the lawless wild west that the Senator makes it out to be, the inconsistent laws from state to state help make the case for some federal regulation. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more developments on this front throughout the year.
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