•  
  •  
 

Abstract

The discussion around personal privacy has only become more important in our modern, digitized world. In Europe, world leaders recognized the need for legal mechanisms to preserve personal data privacy in the wake of the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Following suit in the United States, California and other States have passed their own legislation with similar laudable goals. However, the broad and sweeping effects of these laws means that businesses must shift resources from profitable uses into costly compliance regimes that, in some cases, are inconsistent with each other. This Comment discusses the burdens that these laws place on regulated businesses, as well as potential constitutional concerns. Finally, this Comment proposes that a federal standard be put in place in the United States to both ensure robust protection of consumers’ personal data and to decrease the substantial burdens that a patchwork of state law creates for businesses that must comply with them.

Share

COinS
 
 

To view the content in your browser, please download Adobe Reader or, alternately,
you may Download the file to your hard drive.

NOTE: The latest versions of Adobe Reader do not support viewing PDF files within Firefox on Mac OS and if you are using a modern (Intel) Mac, there is no official plugin for viewing PDF files within the browser window.