Frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill, tech privacy advocates are turning to legislation at state level to bolster online privacy, including in Illinois and NY
Tech privacy advocates frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill are looking to mine state capitals for legislative victories. Mastodon: @alng@journa.host . Tweets: @jduballreports , @kyleschmauch , @alfredwkng , @alfredwkng , and @epicprivacy Mastodon: Alfred / @alng@journa.host : Congress failed to pass a data #privacy bill last year, largely over disputes on states having their own regulations. — Now, states are adopting a modified version of the federal bill that could have killed their privacy regulations: https://www.politico.com/... Tweets: Joe Duball / @jduballreports : Insightful reporting from @alfredwkng on state privacy, but a little wrinkle: Indiana's current Senate privacy bill is more aligned with Virginia than ADPPA. Before the bill passed the Senate two weeks ago, Sen. Yoder's amendment on banning targeted ads to kids was voted down. https://twitter.com/... Kyle Schmauch / @kyleschmauch : Montana is still a national leader in data and tech privacy, thanks in large part to the work of Senators Daniel Zolnikov and @KennethBogner. Both of them have introduced significant bills on these issues again this legislative session. https://www.politico.com/... #mtleg #mtpol Alfred / @alfredwkng : The effort takes a page out of the tech industry's playbook: using Virginia's weak privacy law as model legislation. The ADPPA's bipartisan support and momentum last year gives state lawmakers confidence, @CaitrionaFitz said: https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/... Alfred / @alfredwkng : Congress failed to pass a data privacy bill last year, largely over disputes on states having their own regulations. Now, states are adopting a modified version of the federal bill that could have killed their privacy regulations: https://www.politico.com/... @epicprivacy : From @POLITICO's @alfredwkng: “The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a D.C.-based nonprofit, is at the center of the multi-statehouse push among #privacy advocates.” Learn more about EPIC's work on a state version of the #ADPPA on our blog! https://epic.org/... https://twitter.com/...