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Why Europe's GDPR Magic Will Never Work in the US

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Publication Title

The Wired World in 2020 (UK Edition)

Abstract

Even the tech giants recognize the economic benefits of an American version of GDPR. But any US version of GDPR would, in practice, be something of a GDPR-lite

Keywords

GDPR, Data Privacy, US Privacy Law, Consumer Protection, Internet Law, Cybersecurity, Personal Data, Security

Publication Citation

Neil M. Richards & Woodrow Hartzog, Why Europe’s GDPR Magic Will Never Work in the US, The Wired World in 2020 (UK Edition), Feb. 20, 2020, https://www.wired.com/story/us-version-gdpr/

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