Salome Viljoen, ‘Democratic Data: A Relational Theory for Data Governance’ (November 11, 2020), available on SSRN. Between 2018 and 2020, nine proposals (or discussion drafts) for comprehensive data privacy legislation were introduced in the US Congress. 28 states introduced 42 comprehensive privacy bills during that time. This is on top of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which took effect in 2018, and the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect in 2020. Clearly, US policymakers are eager to be active on privacy. Are these privacy laws any good? Put differently, are policymakers drafting, debating, and enacting the kind of privacy laws we need to address the problems of informational capitalism? … (more)
[Ari Waldman, JOTWELL, 12 February]
First posted 2021-02-12 14:08:23
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