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Data privacy rules in the EU may leave the US behind

  • Written by Thomas Holt, Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Should privacy mean different things depending which side of the Atlantic you live on?pixinoo/Shutterstock.com

France made headlines on Jan. 21 for fining Google US$57 million – the first fine to be issued for violations of the European Union’s newly implemented General Data Protection Regulations. GDPR, as it’s called, is meant...

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