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Webinar on ADPPA – Bill for a Federal Comprehensive Privacy Law

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If you couldn’t make it to my webinar to discuss a federal comprehensive privacy law you can watch the replay here.  I spoke with an all-star set of speakers to discuss the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), a bill that Congress might enact as the first federal comprehensive privacy law in the U.S. […]

Further Thoughts on ADPPA, the Federal Comprehensive Privacy Bill

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I recently wrote a post about my concerns about the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) (updated version after markup is here), a bill making its way through Congress that has progress further than many other attempts at a comprehensive privacy law.  Despite grading the law a B+, I was skeptical of the law […]

A Faustian Bargain: Is Preemption Too High a Price for a Federal Privacy Law?

A Faustian Bargain: Is Preemption Too High a Price for a Federal Privacy Law?

A federal comprehensive privacy law in the United States?  Can it really be true? Could this finally be the time it happens? Eventually, maybe the lion really will lie down the lamb. Maybe the Loch Ness Monster will be located. Maybe Congress will finally join 150+ other countries around the world and pass a comprehensive […]