Tech giants call for national data regulations that subvert California’s GDPR-style laws

US Tech giants have said they would back a nation data regulation provided that it came into force before California’s much tougher privacy legislation, in what’s being seen as an attempt to avoid GDPR-style data protection laws.

The representatives discussed three key points for a potential privacy legislation: a state law that pre-empts the California legislation; a promotion of privacy on their terms; and a block to the creation of a US version of the GDPR.

Source: Tech giants call for national data regulations that subvert California’s GDPR-style laws