Biden likely to push privacy laws

@ 2020/11/24
New appointment shows there may be regulation ahead

President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability.

Bruce Reed, a former Biden chief of staff who is expected to take a significant role in the new administration, may be key to understanding how Biden may come down on two key tech policy issues.

Reed helped negotiate with the tech industry and legislators on behalf of backers of a ballot initiative that led to the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act. Privacy advocates see that law as a possible model for a national law.

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