Privacy Law Showdown Between Congress and Tech Looms in 2019

This summer, California’s state legislature passed a groundbreaking bill that would give residents unprecedented control over their data. The law is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020.

So tech giants are racing the clock to supersede California’s law with a more industry-friendly federal bill. Given the bipartisan backlash to Big Tech in 2018, it seems possible that a deal on regulation could be reached, even in a divided Congress.

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