States must lead on privacy security

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Paul Alan Levy <plevy () citizen org>
> Subject: States must lead on privacy security
> Date: December 14, 2018 at 2:18:57 AM GMT+9
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
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> Your readers might be interested in the letter from several consumer-protection groups (linked below) arguing that  
> any federal legislation addressed to online privacy should leave room for the states to develop their own solutions
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> Paul Alan Levy
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> From: Mike Stankiewicz 
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 11:52 AM
> To: Paul Alan Levy <plevy () citizen org <mailto:plevy () citizen org>>
> Subject: States must lead on privacy security
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> NOTE TO REPORTERS
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> Consumer, Privacy, Civil Rights Groups Tell Congress That States Must Have Power to Safeguard Privacy
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> Lawmakers Must Not Support Data Lobby Push for Pre-Emption
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> Dec. 13, 2018
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> Contact: Don Owens, dowens () citizen org <mailto:dowens () citizen org>, (202) 588-7767
> David Rosen, drosen () citizen org <mailto:drosen () citizen org>, (202) 588-7742
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> Congress should give states the room and the power to develop their own privacy solutions, 16 leading consumer, 
> privacy and civil rights groups said in a letter (PDF) 
> <http://qz.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizen.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffinalpreemptionletter.pdf>
>  today to members of Congress.
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> The letter comes as congressional lawmakers introduce proposals 
> <http://qz.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Ftechnology%2F421137-push-for-privacy-bill-gains-new-momentum>
>  that would provide the first-ever federal data privacy protections for consumers. Technology companies are pushing 
> for states to be prohibited from putting in place stronger data privacy protections than the federal government – 
> which likely would leave consumers with inadequate protections. The federal effort to address data privacy has been 
> picking up steam since the summer, when California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act, a strong state law set 
> to take effect in 2020.
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> The groups, which include the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Color of Change, Consumer Federation of America, EPIC 
> and Public Citizen, said that congressional lawmakers should not pass any legislation that would pre-empt states’ 
> freedom to address and adapt to current and emerging privacy threats, including threats to data security.
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> “Federal privacy legislation that preempts stronger state laws would only benefit technology companies at the expense 
> of the public,” the groups said. “We urge you to focus intently on the rights and dignity of your constituents by 
> actively opposing any proposals to preempt stronger state laws in federal privacy legislation, so that existing state 
> protections – both regulatory standards and liability rules – are maintained and so that states are free to adopt new 
> protections.”
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> Read the full letter 
> <http://qz.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizen.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffinalpreemptionletter.pdf>.
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