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Data Brokerage and Surveillance Capitalism
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Possible public intervention
Federal privacy legislation (full GDPR-equivalent). Data broker registration requirements. Opt-in consent mandates. Algorithmic auditing requirements.
Institutions to examine
- FTC
- State Attorneys General
- EU Data Protection Authorities
- CFPB
Institution abbreviations
- CFPB
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- FTC
- Federal Trade Commission
- EU
- European Union
Existing frameworks and precedents
- GDPR (EU, 2018)
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/CPRA (California)
- Vermont Data Broker Registration Act (2018)
- FTC Act §5
Open policy gap
No full federal privacy law exists in the US.
Legislative and policy forums
- Commerce
- Judiciary
- Energy & Commerce
- LIBE
- IMCO
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