Litigation vs Google May Cause Ripples in Data Collection

Legal challenges on how data is handled often come from varied state entities, which can lead to multiple lawsuits over the same issues. That has raised a call among some stakeholders for precedence and law to be established at the national level to clear up the confusing landscape. “We’ve seen three states in the last few years have comprehensive privacy legislation and others have passed more targeted legislation,” says Daniel Castro, vice president for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). “Others have proposed and are considering moving forward with similar efforts.”