The current data privacy protection landscape in the US is quite a mess and has serious implications to both national and international US companies. A large part of the issue is the various different, and oftentimes conflicting, state policies and federal laws. Volume XLVIII staff editor Joseph Leventer argues that the US may be better off preempting the state and federal laws with a consistent federal scheme to promote cohesion. This post looks at the EU as a model for a consistent data privacy regime.
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