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Data insecurity leads to economic injustice – and hits the pocketbooks of the poor most

  • Written by Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Facebook allows advertisers to target low-income Americans. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Congress may finally be on the verge of passing a comprehensive federal privacy law after almost a half-century of trying. Even the tech lobby is on board following years of resistance.

The growing bipartisan support for privacy legislation seems to be...

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