Can American Technology Firms and Lawmakers Learn from Europe’s GDPR?

NextGov: There really is more than just an ocean sitting between Europe and the United States. Our ideological differences are also pretty massive. Take the issue of digital privacy as the latest example.

Within the European Union, there is a colossal government undertaking aimed at protecting people’s digital records, even when they are being held by private companies. Called the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, the new law holds accountable any company or organization doing business within Europe or with European citizens.

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