As a longtime fan of Techdirt, I was excited to contribute my thoughts on enforcing people’s privacy rights to the blog’s Privacy Greenhouse online symposium.
There should be more to discuss than a universe where trial attorneys sue every company for every privacy violation or a world where lawmakers hand the FTC a blank check. Unfortunately, no one has yet put forward a vision for what the optimum level of privacy enforcement should be. Privacy researchers, advocates, and vulnerable communities have forcefully said the status quo is not sufficient. If industry claims it understands the importance of protecting privacy but just needs more clarity about what the rules are, companies should begin by putting forward some plans for how they will help individuals, families, and communities when they fall short.
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