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Senator Marco Rubio R-Fla. has introduced new legislation that would create federal standards of privacy protection for companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google.The American Data Dissemination Act would require the Federal Trade Commission FTC to use the Privacy Act of 1974 to recommend legislation regarding consumer data. Congress would then be required to pass any suggested legislation within two years, or the FTC will be able to write the rule itself. Currently, the FTC only has the power to enforce existing rules.In addition, the bill would protect small businesses from being hindered by any final legislation. While we may have disagreements on the best path forward, no on stanley cup e believes a privacy law that only bolsters the largest companies with the resources to comply and stifles our startup marketplace is the rig stanley deutschland ht approach, Rubio wrote in an gourde stanley op-ed for The Hill.And under the legislation, which聽reportedly does not have any co-sponsors at the time, national regulations would preempt state laws. While Rubio explained that聽 a state-by-state patchwork of laws is simply not an effective means of dealing with an issue of this magnitude, Democrats have said they wont support any federal regulation that isnt as strong as state laws, like the new digital privacy law passed in California last year.In fact, California now聽has one of the strictest laws regarding digital privacy, giving consumers the right to know what information companies are collecting, why they are doi |
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