In interviewing Irish Data Protection Minister Dara Murphy yesterday here at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit, IAPP VP of Research and Education Omer Tene asked a pointed question: Given that the vast majority of the large internet firms are American, “Would you say that the European digital market strategy has failed?” Murphy said that he would, “but I don’t think it continues to fail.” Thus began an examination into U.S. and EU approaches to digital innovation, why U.S. internet firms dominate, and the roots of EU data protection. Sam Pfeifle has the details for The Privacy Advisor.
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