Cheat sheet: What to expect in state and federal privacy regulation in 2021
The promise of comprehensive federal privacy law has been dangled like a carrot before consumer watchdogs and privacy advocates for at least a decade. But without a nationwide privacy law protecting personal data privacy and security, the U.S. lags behind the European Union and several other countries across the globe — not to mention a growing number of states. Looking ahead, experts disagree on the likelihood that a federal privacy law will pass this year or even this Congress. However, privacy lawyers and others interviewed by Digiday for this article say what happens in states will infl...