2022 promised great things for data privacy. High-profile cyberattacks and a bipartisan consensus that Congress ought to act had commentators predicting a federal data standard was a real possibility. However, political headwinds, midterms, and other priorities have conspired against such a standard, and prospects now appear remote. Unfortunately, Americans lose out without a unified federal […]
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2022: The Year of Data Privacy?
Throughout 2021, the issue of data privacy became one of the central legislative questions facing lawmakers in Washington and state legislatures across the country. Data breaches at UC San Diego Health, Volkswagen and Audi, Facebook, and Robinhood raised public concern about how private companies and government agencies (mis)handle sensitive consumer information such as email addresses, […]
Town Hall: Federal Government Needs to Act to Protect Consumers’ Data
Increasingly, state legislatures have been considering bills that seek to enhance protection of consumers’ data. These actions are filling the void left by the federal government, as currently there is no comprehensive federal data privacy law. Instead, data privacy is governed by industry specific legislation such as the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. […]
ACI Speaks on Consumer Privacy on the “Of Consumer Interest” Show
Dr. Krisztina Pusok was interviewed by Shirley Rooker on consumer privacy and you can listen to the radio interview and podcast here.
Coaltion Urges Senate to Move on Privacy Legislation
Today, a coalition of nine organizations wrote a letter urging support for comprehensive privacy legislation. The letter is available online.
FORBES: The CLOUD Act Is Up For Vote and What It Means for Consumers
Can the U.S. government issue a legal warrant to require a U.S. company to retrieve overseas digital communications from its foreign customers? As consumer information increasingly resides in the cloud, overseas or domestically, and in various electronic forms, establishing what access the government should have to private communications and how the government should work with its […]
Your Privacy and Compulsively Curious Federal Agencies
The National Security Agency (NSA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Treasury routinely collect detailed information about Americans’ activities, communications and financial status. The scale and scope of information government keeps on us is outrageous and dangerous. Edward Snowden’s revelation confirmed that NSA stores metadata on our domestic phone calls and has technically […]
ACI in Real Clear Policy — Google’s Privacy Problem
ACI’s digital tech writer, Zack Christenson, wrote this piece in today’s Real Clear Policy. It discusses the latest settlement on Google’s breach of consumer privacy.