In the aftermath of the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, numerous other states have begun to consider similar legislation. While most of those states are in the early stages of the legislative process, Nevada and Maine recently enacted laws strictly regulating what online companies can do with their customers’ personal
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Episode 243: Tech World Turned Upside Down Down Under
By Stewart Baker on
In the News Roundup, Nick Weaver and I offer very different assessments of Australia’s controversial encryption bill. Nick’s side of the argument is bolstered by Denise Howell, the original legal podcaster, with 445 weekly episodes of This Week in Law to her credit.
Later in the program, I interview Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), who’s a force for cybersecurity both on the Homeland Security Committee and on the Armed Services subcommittee that oversees Cyber Command and DARPA – a subcommittee that insiders expect him to be chairing in the next Congress.
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