Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 data privacy could be a Pandora’s box
It has taken a global pandemic to finally move legislators in DC toward progress on consumer privacy issues. Despite an urgent need for a comprehensive legal framework to protect personal data, more than a year after it first began looking at a federal scheme, Congress has not managed to reach consensus on a framework such as the European Union’s GDPR or California’s CCPA.





Gerald L. Sauer
Partner
Sauer & Wagner LLP
litigation, intellectual property, business law
1801 Century Park E Ste 1150
Los Angeles , CA 90067-2331
Phone: (310) 712-8102
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Email: gsauer@swattys.com
UC Hastings
Gerald Sauer is a founding partner at Sauer & Wagner LLP in Los Angeles. He has been litigating for 34 years, and specializes in intellectual property and business law. He can be reached at (310) 712-8102 or by email at gsauer@swattys.com
It has taken a global pandemic to finally move legislators in DC toward progress on consumer privacy issues. Despite an urgent need for a comprehensive legal framework to protect personal data, more than a year after it first began looking at a federal scheme, Congress has not managed to reach consensus on a framework such as the European Union's GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Now, calls from public health experts to implement a system of contact ...
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