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Podcast: American Viewpoints
Episode: Is Your State Trying To Protect Your Online Privacy?
Description: RJ Cross is the director of the Don't Sell My Data Campaign, part of the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). In this segment, she discusses a new study about digital privacy and consumer protection online. The State of Privacy: How State “Privacy” Laws Fail To Protect Privacy, And What They Can Do Better grades the 14 state-level consumer privacy laws that have passed so far, finding nearly half receive an ‘F’ for how well they protect consumers’ personal information. None get an ‘A’.
In this conversation, Cross describes how personal data can be collected and used (for both legitimate marketing and criminal purpo...