Privacy Groups Push for EU Privacy Standards for US

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) go into effect May 25, and privacy groups are pushing companies to commit to the same standard for their US operations. More than two dozen privacy groups sent letters to "edge providers" Amazon, Facebook and Google, and ad giants Walmart, Nestle and others asking them to use the EU regime as a baseline for their own US data protection policies. 

“Since you will be providing these protections for hundreds of millions of people in Europe, there is no question that you are capable of applying the same protections worldwide,” the letter said. “We insist that you do."

Letters were sent by Center for Digital Democracy, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Watchdog, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and other groups.