Congress is considering privacy legislation – be afraid
- Written by Jeff Sovern, Professor of Law, St. John's University
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the “right to be let alone.” Perhaps Congress should give states trying to protect consumer data the same right.
For years, a gridlocked Congress ignored privacy, apart from occasionally scolding companies such as Equifax and Marriott after their major data breaches. In its absence,...
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