Patchwork Penalty: The Hidden Toll of State Privacy Laws

A number of states, including California, Virginia, and Colorado, have recently passed data-protection laws that will impact businesses across the United States. In the absence of congressional action, many more states are likely to follow suit in the coming years, creating a patchwork of competing and potentially contradictory data-protection regulations that will confuse consumers, inflict high compliance costs on organizations, and impose unnecessary constraints on the digital economy.

Please join ITIF for a discussion of a forthcoming study on the economic impact that a patchwork of state privacy laws will likely have on U.S. businesses, the key criteria Congress should consider in future federal data-privacy legislation to minimize these costs, and the opportunity for the United States to embrace an innovation-friendly data protection framework that protects consumers while streamlining regulation.

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Speakers 

Carl Holshouser

@texascarlindc

Senior Vice President for Operations and Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Secretary

TechNet

Jennifer Huddleston

@jrhuddles

Policy Counsel

NetChoice

Caleb Williamson

State Public Policy Associate

ACT | The App Association

Daniel Castro

@castrotech

Vice Presiden