Data Privacy
Businesses Need a New Privacy Shield Now
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More data flows between the U.S. and the EU than anywhere else in the world.
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Data can unlock innovation—in everything from manufacturing and medicine to public safety and financial services. Today’s economy relies on data, but a patchwork of data privacy laws introduced in more than 25 states is creating confusion for businesses of all sizes. The U.S. Chamber is urging Congress to pass a national data privacy law. This will protect all Americans equally, no matter where they live, providing a clear set of rules for all businesses, no matter where they operate.
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- Sep 29, 2021Coalition Letter on Data Privacy This Coalition letter was sent to Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on data privacy.
- Sep 21, 2021The 10 Principles of Data Privacy
Sep 20, 2021Transatlantic Data Flows: Moving Data with Confidence Data Flows Are Essential to the U.S.-EU Economic Partnership In today’s digital age, data flows are essential to businesses of all sizes and in all sectors of the economy. Data flows underpin the global financial system, advance life-saving medical research, enable cybersecurity cooperation, and make day-to-day cross-border commerce possible.
Sep 17, 2021Congress Should Write Privacy Rules, Not the FTC In September, President Biden nominated Alvaro Bedoya, privacy activist and head of Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology, to replace outgoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rohit Chopra.- Jul 28, 2021U.S. Chamber Letter on "Transforming the FTC" Hearing This Hill letter was sent to Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce on the hearing “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection.”
Jun 01, 2021U.S. Businesses Face the Specter of Data Localization in Europe Without a new Privacy Shield, U.S. businesses face the specter of data localization in Europe.- Mar 29, 2021U.S. Chamber Announces State and Local Policy Initiative to Promote Effective State Policies “From data privacy to worker classification to discriminatory taxes to energy regulation, increasingly, policy issues of significant importance to the business community are migrating from statehouse to state house and from the federal government to state governments and vice-versa," said Tom Wickham, Senior Vice President for State and Local Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “Many of these policies have outsized impact on the national economy and even local governments are considering policies that have implications well beyond their borders. This new initiative will improve strategic coordination, collaboration, and information sharing to help advance pro-business policy and stop policy that undermines the free enterprise system and job creation, irrespective of where those policies are under consideration.
- Mar 10, 2021U.S. Chamber Praises National Privacy Bill Introduced by Rep. DelBene Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauded the introduction of the Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act. This legislation, introduced by U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), would ensure that consumers are afforded meaningful transparency that enables them to direct how personal information is used, collected, and shared.