Americans have fewer privacy rights than Europeans, and companies face a minefield of competing state and foreign legislation.
There is strong bipartisan support for a federal privacy bill, and yet today in most fields Americans must negotiate a federal legal void covering some of the most important aspects of their life.
On March 1, 2023 POLITICO to discussed:
- What will it take to get a federal privacy law on the books?
- How could such a law be designed to protect both consumers and innovators?
- How should any federal law interact with existing regimes like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation?
- How would a federal American privacy law impact global trust and competitiveness levels of U.S. tech companies?
Americans have fewer privacy rights than Europeans, and companies face a minefield of competing state and foreign legislation.
There is strong bipartisan support for a federal privacy bill, and yet today in most fields Americans must negotiate a federal legal void covering some of the most important aspects of their life.
On March 1, 2023 POLITICO to discussed:
- What will it take to get a federal privacy law on the books?
- How could such a law be designed to protect both consumers and innovators?
- How should any federal law interact with existing regimes like Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation?
- How would a federal American privacy law impact global trust and competitiveness levels of U.S. tech companies?
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Jordan Crenshaw
VICE PRESIDENT, C_TEC U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Marshall Erwin
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER, MOZILLA CORPORATION
Whitney Phillips
STATE PRIVACY OFFICER, STATE OF UTAH
Tatiana Rice
SENIOR COUNSEL, FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM
Edward Britan
VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE GC, HEAD OF GLOBAL PRIVACY, SALESFORCE
Heidi Sommer
VICE PRESIDENT CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS POLITICO