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Industry Group Advocates for State-Aligned Privacy Regs
With the aim of encouraging more discourse on a national privacy law, Consumer Reports published a legislative proposal titled the Model State Privacy Act. The advocacy group’s manifesto promotes reform and better laws to protect consumers’ privacy and rights. “This lack of legal protections is particularly frustrating because privacy is a basic human right, enshrined in American jurisprudence and in nearly a dozen state constitutions. While there are federal laws that provide certain protections for financial and some health data, there is no comprehensive federal privacy law granting consumers baseline privacy and security protections,” the brief says. Access the Model State Privacy Act at https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CR_Model-State-Privacy-Act_022321_vf.pdf . 
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