Executives from the Center for Democracy and Technology and BSA|The Software Alliance agreed this week the U.S. needs federal privacy regulation. They said the ultimate goal should be international harmonization of privacy rules. Europe took an important step implementing the general data protection regulation, and now partners need to work toward international consensus on privacy, said BSA CEO Victoria Espinel on a scheduled weekend telecast of C-SPAN’s The Communicators.

Executives from the Center for Democracy and Technology and BSA|The Software Alliance agreed this week the U.S. needs federal privacy regulation. They said the ultimate goal should be international harmonization of privacy rules. Europe took an important step implementing the general data protection regulation, and now partners need to work toward international consensus on privacy, said BSA CEO Victoria Espinel on a scheduled weekend telecast of C-SPAN’s The Communicators.

Executives from the Center for Democracy and Technology and BSA|The Software Alliance agreed this week the U.S. needs federal privacy regulation. They said the ultimate goal should be international harmonization of privacy rules. Europe took an important step implementing the general data protection regulation, and now partners need to work toward international consensus on privacy, said BSA CEO Victoria Espinel on a scheduled weekend telecast of C-SPAN’s The Communicators.

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 police generally need a warrant to collect cellphone location data from carriers, in what some see as a landmark privacy decision but one the ruling noted only dealt with the specific case. It's the first time the court directly tackled Fourth Amendment protection of cellphone records. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision. Carpenter v. U.S. was heard in November (see 1711290043).

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 police generally need a warrant to collect cellphone location data from carriers, in what some see as a landmark privacy decision but one the ruling noted only dealt with the specific case. It's the first time the court directly tackled Fourth Amendment protection of cellphone records. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision. Carpenter v. U.S. was heard in November (see 1711290043).

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 police generally need a warrant to collect cellphone location data from carriers, in what some see as a landmark privacy decision but one the ruling noted only dealt with the specific case. It's the first time the court directly tackled Fourth Amendment protection of cellphone records. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision. Carpenter v. U.S. was heard in November (see 1711290043).

There's room for Capitol Hill to enact national privacy legislation that wouldn't stifle the tech sector's ability to innovate or reduce profitability, industry experts said during a Tuesday evening Phoenix Center event. Lawmakers have been searching for a way forward on an overarching privacy bill amid the fallout over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach, which drew pushes for bills ranging from the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (Browser) Act (HR-2520) to a privacy bill of rights (see 1804100054, 1804130057, 1805110050 and 1806190077).

There's room for Capitol Hill to enact national privacy legislation that wouldn't stifle the tech sector's ability to innovate or reduce profitability, industry experts said during a Tuesday evening Phoenix Center event. Lawmakers have been searching for a way forward on an overarching privacy bill amid the fallout over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach, which drew pushes for bills ranging from the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (Browser) Act (HR-2520) to a privacy bill of rights (see 1804100054, 1804130057, 1805110050 and 1806190077).

There's room for Capitol Hill to enact national privacy legislation that wouldn't stifle the tech sector's ability to innovate or reduce profitability, industry experts said during a Tuesday evening Phoenix Center event. Lawmakers have been searching for a way forward on an overarching privacy bill amid the fallout over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach, which drew pushes for bills ranging from the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (Browser) Act (HR-2520) to a privacy bill of rights (see 1804100054, 1804130057, 1805110050 and 1806190077).

Discussing bipartisan draft legislation that would direct a Department of Commerce study on the IoT, House lawmakers from both parties said Tuesday that Congress isn't paying enough attention to consumer privacy. The Digital Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on draft legislation from Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said the State of Modern Application, Research and Trends of IoT (Smart) Act would produce for Congress a central source of information on how industry is integrating IoT devices and how the country is adapting.