Congress, administration must address data privacy in meaningful way

The time has come for new federal protections regarding the use and security of data held by businesses and entities, CUNA wrote to the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week. CUNA sent its letter for the record of the committee’s hearing on protecting consumer privacy.

“Since Americans’ personal information has become so valuable in the aggregate to businesses and criminals worldwide, the time has come for new Federal protections regulating the use and security of data held by all businesses and entities. Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) show that foreign governments and states are not willing to sit on the sidelines and neither should Congress. Action is required to ensure that all Americans can enjoy robust protection of their most important personal data from misuse and theft.”

CUNA notes that the current gaps in data protection and privacy laws hurt consumers and businesses, as information can misused by bad actors.

 

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