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Republican data privacy working group
Coverage of Republican data privacy working group in the Nexus archive.
- A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
The SECURE Data Act, a Republican-led privacy bill, aims to establish national data privacy standards but faces criticism for potentially weakening privacy rights in some states while introducing protections in others. The bill, introduced by Rep. John Joyce and Rep. Brett Guthrie, includes provisions like data minimization and user access to personal information but lacks elements deemed essential by privacy advocates.