Data privacy concerns highlight growing challenges related to technology’s increasing influence in our lives. But this rapidly growing sector faces a big threat from Washington’s practice of over-regulating.
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The collection of personal information has become broader and more threatening than anyone could have imagined. Our research finds traditional approaches to safeguarding privacy are stretched to the limit as thousands of data points are collected about us every day and maintained indefinitely by a host of technology platforms.
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A new European privacy law will soon give consumers more control over their data. Is it time for Congress to do the same?
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Big tech is a blessing — a major success story of the American economy. Many tech giants give away their products to consumers for free. Amazon might be pushing down the rate of inflation for the entire economy.