Policy Priorities in Pursuit of Privacy Protection

With each new data breach scandal and related increases in identify theft and online fraud, calls from both sides of the aisle grow louder for laws and regulations to protect consumers. But, often missing from these policy debates is agreement on what the details of such legislation and regulation should look like.

As these law and regulatory dialogues continue through 2018, several key areas of focus are beginning to emerge: the issue of affirming FTC authority to be the most effective cop on the privacy beat; the appropriate role of state regulation; and whether to pursue more sector-specific rules or create a consistent framework applying across the digital ecosystem.

Participants include:

• Doug Brake - Director, Broadband and Spectrum Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

• Sarah Oh - Research Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

• Brent Skorup - Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

• Moderator: Barry Umansky - Senior Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor, Digital Policy Institute