What would national legislation look like? On what principles would it be based?What are the arguments for and against a preemptive national standard?What Federal agency or agencies should be charged with implementing a national privacy law?What role would be left to the states if a national policy were to be adopted?How is Congressional debate likely to unfold? What role will the Executive Branch play in this debate?Will the United States, where the digital economy was born, cede leadership on data protection regulation to other countries?How would a US national privacy law relate to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?What domestic and international competitive issues are in play?MODERATORS
Jerry Buckley, founder of Buckley LLP, a national financial services law firm, has taken a lead role in promoting national data protection standards. Described by Chambers as “a recognized dean of the consumer financial services bar,” Jerry serves as adviser to the Financial Services Trade Associations Data Protection Working Group, an informal alliance of national financial trade associations responding to fast changing legislative and regulatory developments related to privacy and data security.
EPISODES
JAN 20, 2021
Strategies for Readiness and Compliance in a Fast Changing Data Protection Landscape (with Jill Reber)
JAN 13, 2021
Former FCC Commissioner Calls for a Presidential Commission on the Future of the Internet (with Michael Copps)
JAN 6, 2021
Pondering Preemption of State Privacy Laws (with Peter Swire)
DEC 16, 2020
Data Governance: EU Moves While U.S. is Stalled (with Jody Westby and Jerry Buckley)
The EU has launched a series of data regulation initiatives designed to make Europe the “Data Continent” while the U.S. has yet to adopt national data governance rules and lacks an authoritative voice in international data policy discussions.
DEC 9, 2020
Pros and Cons of National Privacy Legislation (with Jurgen Van Staden)
DEC 2, 2020
EU Offers Valuable Insights for U.S. National Privacy Debate (with Maarten Stassen)
NOV 18, 2020
EU Data Protection: Any Lessons for US? (with John Bowman)
NOV 11, 2020
NIST Privacy Framework Plays Role in National Privacy Discussion (with Naomi Lefkovitz and Dylan Gilbert)
In January 2020, NIST released a voluntary Privacy Framework – we discuss the framework with two NIST advisors who helped lead its development.
NOV 4, 2020
San Francisco Fed Report Looks at National Privacy Policy (with Kaitlin Asrow)
OCT 28, 2020
Nicole Booth & Elizabeth Young LaBerge
OCT 21, 2020
Kate Flocken & Tyler Griffin
The legislative landscape on Capitol Hill is fluid and the results of the election will have a big impact on what way Congress decides to go with a national privacy regime.
OCT 14, 2020
Daniel Solove
This week, we’re talking with Daniel Solove, law professor at the George Washington University and founder of TeachPrivacy.
OCT 14, 2020
Jim Dempsey
Jim Dempsey is the Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and formerly held leadership roles at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
oct 7, 2020
Welcome to the U.S. National Privacy Legislation Podcast
Will the United States, the largest economy in the world, enact national privacy and data protection legislation? Or will privacy regulation be left to the 50 states and other countries. The borderless nature of the Internet seems to call for a uniform legislation, but enactment is uncertain.
