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December 19, 2019

How Holiday Shopping Highlights the Need For A National Privacy Standard

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but the holiday shopping season remains in full swing with many Americans looking for last-minute holiday deals and gifts for their loved ones. According to Deloitte’s 2019 retail holiday survey, holiday shopping sales are expected to reach $1.1 trillion … [Read more...] about How Holiday Shopping Highlights the Need For A National Privacy Standard

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December 16, 2019

Protecting Consumers by Prohibiting Harmful or Abusive Practices

In a major step forward for the privacy debate and prospects for bipartisan legislation, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) each released draft federal privacy bills last week and held a hearing to examine these proposals. There’s … [Read more...] about Protecting Consumers by Prohibiting Harmful or Abusive Practices

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December 6, 2019

Senate Commerce Committee Hearing Marks Important Step Forward for Data Privacy Legislation

There was a lot to take in from Wednesday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on privacy, and not just because lawmakers, aides, reporters and advocates packed the Senate’s illustrious Hart 216 hearing room – a location reserved for only the most prominent of hearings. Here’s a rundown of the … [Read more...] about Senate Commerce Committee Hearing Marks Important Step Forward for Data Privacy Legislation

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November 20, 2019

New Research Finds Americans Support Greater Regulation to Protect Their Data Online

Most Americans are still feeling anxious about their online privacy, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center—and they want the government to do something about it. Pew’s study found that 79 percent of Americans are very or somewhat concerned about how companies use data about their … [Read more...] about New Research Finds Americans Support Greater Regulation to Protect Their Data Online

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November 14, 2019

FTC Resources and Rulemaking

As the debate continues over how to best protect consumers’ privacy online, we’re seeing new proposals to amend how regulators guard against data abuses – including ones to create and stand up an entirely new federal agency to do the job. We understand the desire to have a stronger cop on the … [Read more...] about FTC Resources and Rulemaking

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October 16, 2019

Support Grows in Congress for Passage of a Federal Data Privacy Law

Congressional efforts to pass federal privacy legislation are getting more attention this week, after the New Democrat Coalition announced its support Tuesday for Rep. Suzan DelBene’s (D-Wash.) bill, the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act. For those of us fighting for a … [Read more...] about Support Grows in Congress for Passage of a Federal Data Privacy Law

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May 23, 2019

One Year After GDPR and the CCPA: All Eyes are on the Congress

This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Next month will also usher in the one year anniversary of when the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was signed into law. In seeking to improve the privacy rights and consumer … [Read more...] about One Year After GDPR and the CCPA: All Eyes are on the Congress

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May 16, 2019

Building momentum for a national data privacy law

It has been just over one month since we've launched the Privacy for America coalition. Together, we’ve been calling on Americans and all sectors of the U.S. economy to join us in supporting a federal data privacy law that protects consumers no matter where they live, while, at the same time, … [Read more...] about Building momentum for a national data privacy law

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