Partisan split on federal US privacy law hinders progress
(Feb 19, 2019) The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. lawmakers continue to be divided on what form a federal U.S. privacy law should take. The partisan split stems from Republicans who seek national rules to override state laws and Democrats who do not want a federal law to replace stronger legislation found on the state level. “The fact that — even after many hearings last year on the misuse of personal data — not one consensus bill has been introduced is telling,” Georgetown Law Institute for Technology and P... Read More