Democrats propose sweeping new online privacy laws to rein in tech giants

[mysteryowl]

Top Democrats on Tuesday proposed tough new privacy laws to rein in the US’s tech companies after a series of scandals that have shaken confidence in the companies and exposed the personal data of millions of consumers.

The effort, led by Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Senate commerce, science and transportation committee, aims to “provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, create strong oversight mechanisms, and establish meaningful enforcement”.

The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (Copra) comes after a series of failed attempts to rein in the tech giants in the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/democrats-propose-online-privacy-laws

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. we each should own our data

The default should be that our data cannot be used without our explicit, informed permission.

[mr_lebowski]

2. COPRA ... is ... not a good acronym ...

Cali has already done something like this ... CCPA ... in fact I just finished a big data inventory project yesterday for compliance purposes (client is assuming that CA laws or very similar will become law everywhere in the US).

Soon I'll have to actually code the implementation ... it's gonna be a pretty big project, I have a LOT of database tables under my jurisdiction ... and a lot of them have some semblance of soon-to-be restricted personal data ... like a person's name and their address and/or phone. HIGHLY personal, not at all what a freaking phone book is lol ...

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Love Sen Cantwell!!

So proud!

[pecosbob]

4. We are the most valuable currency and commodity on the internet

This is why tech giants will take huge losses for years to attach themselves as parasites on a host. 'They' will not allow this. I don't think that djinni's ever going back in a bottle again.