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No, Internet Companies Shouldn’t Have to Pay You For Your Data
Shouldn’t there be a law to make internet companies pay us for all the data they collect? It’s one of those appealing-at-first ideas that is gaining traction — echoed most recently by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who called for a “data dividend” in his first State of the State address. But as Daniel Castro and Alan McQuinn write for the Sacramento Bee, the answer is no.
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April 10, 2019
Breaking Up Big Tech Would Not Make Consumer Data More Secure
Taking the bludgeon of anti-trust to tech companies will make cyber security worse, not better.
March 22, 2019
The U.S. Postal Service in the E-Commerce Era: Preserving Affordable Package Delivery
ITIF and an expert panel discussed the consequences of various reforms to the U.S. Postal Service.
March 15, 2019
UK Digital Competition Study Misses the Mark by Assuming Large Internet Platforms Require Stricter Antitrust Scrutiny
A new study for the UK government calls for more aggressive antitrust enforcement against big Internet companies. It is likely to provide momentum to those who advocate for a fundamentally different approach to antitrust than the one pursued over the last 40 years, which would deter innovation, increase prices, and lower quality.
March 14, 2019
No, Internet Companies Shouldn’t Have to Pay You For Your Data
Shouldn’t there be a law to make internet companies pay us for all the data they collect? It’s one of those appealing-at-first ideas that is gaining traction — echoed most recently by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who called for a “data dividend” in his first State of the State address. But as Daniel Castro and Alan McQuinn write for the Sacramento Bee, the answer is no.
March 13, 2019
Latin America Needs an Open, Prosperous Digital Single Market
In a column for Latin Trade Magazine, Rob Atkinson explains why Latin America needs a digital single market and how Pacific Alliance partners could advance it.
January 16, 2019
Advisory Opinion on Right to Be Forgotten Should Be Reminder to France to Respect the Global Internet Community
If countries do not show proper restraint, they can easily sabotage the global Internet by imposing unreasonable obligations on companies and setting up scenarios where companies are forced into a no-win situation of having to comply with conflicting laws.
December 3, 2018
Europe's Assault on American Internet Companies Escalating
As Joe Kennedy writes for Fox Business, the danger of EU countries subjecting U.S. companies to discriminatory taxes remains high because individual European countries are free to pass their own national laws, even if the EU doesn’t do so as a bloc.
October 18, 2018
Amicus Curiae Brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in Support of Respondents in Mozilla v. FCC
ITIF argued in an amicus brief that strong public policy justifications supported the FCC’s change of course in its Restoring Internet Freedom order.
September 25, 2018
Debate: Should the U.S. Copy the EU’s New Privacy Law?
The European Union’s new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), went into effect on May 25, 2018. Pressure is mounting for lawmakers to take a position.
September 12, 2018
The GDPR Will Not Boost Usage of Digital Services
The lesson for EU policymakers is clear: do not get seduced by the idea that stringent privacy regulation is a shortcut for digital growth. Enacting even stricter data protection rules, such as the pending ePrivacy Regulation, will come with costs that will hurt not only the EU digital ecosystem but also EU digital consumers.

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