On February 26 and 27, 2019, the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, respectively, held hearings to explore the potential passage of a national privacy law. In both houses, members of Congress and the panelists agreed that the federal government should enact legislation to protect consumers’ private data without stifling innovation or hurting small businesses. Both hearings were full of much discussion but minimal agreement about the scope and framework of such a law. There were, however, a few takeaways that could offer insight into what a national privacy law might – eventually – look like.
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Reed Smith Gearing Up For ‘Big Data Monetization’ Conference
By Mark S. Melodia, Cynthia O’Donoghue & Paul Bond on
Next week, Reed Smith will host a conference on “Big Data Monetization” at the Quadrus Conference Center in Silicon Valley (8:30-11:30 a.m. PDT). As we gear up, we wanted to share some of our thoughts on this notion of Big Data and give you a preview of the types of issues we’ll be…