For OTI’s Blog, I wrote an explanation for what happened in the EU with the AI Act. Because the decision taken in early December 2023 was a provisional and political one that happened behind closed doors, there is no text of the Act yet, and any text that crops up before mid February 2024 is…
Tag: ADPPA
Press: DailyDot – “Inside the behind-the-scenes push civil rights groups are making on Capitol Hill to pass data privacy laws”
I was quoted in this article in the Daily Dot about the important push of civil rights groups to make sure comprehensive federal privacy legislation has strong civil rights protections.
Link: TechDirt – The US Finally Has A Chance For A Federal Privacy Law. It Should Take It
For TechDirt, I wrote about the lack of principled or even ideological opposition to the passage of comprehensive federal privacy legislation, and how it is well past time Congress brings up the American Data Privacy and Protection Act for a vote.
Link: TechPolicy.Press – Make Privacy Legislation a Lame Duck Priority
For Tech Policy Press I wrote about the necessity of making sure that comprehensive federal privacy legislation passes Congress before the end of the year, during the so-called “lame duck” session. The bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) would finally give everyone in the US the protections they need while using the…
Link: SF Examiner Op-Ed on California stalling Federal Privacy
For the San Francisco Examiner, I wrote an op-ed explaining that California may have been a leader in privacy but it’s now privacy’s biggest opponent, federally. The heads of CA’s data protection agency, elected state officials and the congressional delegation are waging a campaign against the bipartisan bicameral federal privacy bill (American Data Privacy and…