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How Congress Can Protect Your Data Privacy [1]

['Jon Leibowitz']

Date: 2023-05 

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Although a surprisingly wide range of consumer organizations and business groups are urging lawmakers to act, Congress has shown itself unable to move forward with consumer-privacy legislation. Unless it does so, the Federal Trade Commission and the states may end up using other tools to give Americans more control over personal information.

When I chaired the FTC, I would not have supported such action. Soon, I may. State and agency efforts cannot be as comprehensive as a national law and, depending on how they are written, may raise constitutional concerns. Still, a patchwork of consumer-privacy statutes and regulations is better than none at all.

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[1] Url: https://www.wsj.com/articles/congress-can-protect-our-data-consumer-privacy-bipartisan-personal-information-regulations-online-security-ftc-cybersecurity-11644871937#comments_sector

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