Well, this has been fun. Now I have to face my email inbox. 🤦🏻‍♂️ #AtlanticPrivacy

Is strong privacy protection a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis China? That’s a scary question for my whole job. #AtlanticPrivacy

Shocked that we’re 12 minutes in and I’ve only heard 1 “innovation.” Consider me impressed. #AtlanticPrivacy

So @InternetAssn argues its members are more responsive to the public than, say, airlines—which just keeps making seats smaller. Don’t like apps/websites, you can move on. #AtlanticPrivacy

Industry now takes the stage at #AtlanticPrivacy. I plan to keep a tally of the number of times folks say “innovation.”

“This argument that any regulation stifles innovation should be a longer conversion,” notes @PeterFatelnig. Yes! This single line has been used be industry as a sword and shield to end debate. #AtlanticPrivacy

California Has 48 Hours to Pass This Privacy Bill or Else Recent headlines have suggested that California lawmakers are considering a bill that would give Californians “unprecedented control over their data.”

If anyone following #AtlanticPrivacy doesn’t know the story of #AB375, which became this California law, @kashhill has been on point:

So a @GeorgetownLaw student asks why Google would want to invade his individual privacy. C’mon, Gtown privacy squad: @GeorgetownCPT @GLTReview @paulohm ENGAGE! #AtlanticPrivacy

Haha! @ariezrawaldman notes that very few industry players wanted a privacy law until #GDPR and #CCPA. “They expect a dysfunctional Congress to water down any law.” #AtlanticPrivacy

Hey @AtlanticLIVE, I’m a pessimist. When we reconvene this #AtlanticPrivacy conversation in another decade, can I get shout out?

The vision of engineers for products mean that companies can have wonderful @PrivacyPros and none of their earnest aims trickle down, snarks @ariezrawaldman #AtlanticPrivacy

FTC Announces Opening Session of Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century September 13-14 at Georgetown University Law Center The FTC will begin its Hearings Initiative with two full-day sessions, co-sponsored with and held at the Georgetown University Law Center. The Georgetown event will be the first in a series of hearings that will examine whether broad-based changes in the economy, evolving business practices, new technologies, or international developments might require adjustments to competition and consumer protection enforcement priorities of the Commission. These public events, in conjunction with the public comment process, will provide the FTC with a broad and diverse range of viewpoints and stimulate evaluation of key enforcement and policy issues.

“Giving the @FTC more resources” is @RepMcNerney’s top priority. Hey everyone, wonder if everyone will agree on that point later today: #AtlanticPrivacy

So I’m skeptical a privacy law built on access is gonna get the job done, but politicians seem fixated on “letting people know what’s going on with their data.” #AtlanticPrivacy

Admires Silicon Valley’s idealism, but doesn’t believe any corporation will work in the public interest without government regulation in the long term, notes @RepMcNerney #AtlanticPrivacy

Ha! @RepMcNerney is “wary” of the other side on privacy, calling out the #broadbandprivacy rollback. #AtlanticPrivacy

So @SCClemons calls @EPICprivacy’s @MarcRotenberg the “gadfly of privacy,” but “everything he cautioned about has come true.” #AtlanticPrivacy

What’s wrong with #CCPA? @RepMcNerney suggests no one will use the “opt-out”, calls for even stronger controls... #AtlanticPrivacy

“I think there’s a high chance that people realize the wild Wild West are over.” @MarkWarner goes big and says majority of Republicans should get on board tech regulation. #AtlanticPrivacy

Low-end vendors won’t even agree to Warner’s bipartisan de minimus security standards for government #IoT. #AtlanticPrivacy

“We’re buying the best 20th century military stuff.” @MarkWarner suggests military spending needs to reorient towards the ol’cyber. #AtlanticPrivacy

“You don’t like your own points?” “Some of them are contradictory. Just starting a discussion.” @MarkWarner’s 20-point plan sure is interesting: #AtlanticPrivacy

“Nothing per se wrong with #bots, but people ought to know” if they’re talking to one. #AtlanticPrivacy

“Some of these American companies sell their souls to get into China,” laments @MarkWarner, very worried about Chinese leadership on tech and whacking on Google a bit. #AtlanticPrivacy

#GDPR is a little bit a desire for privacy and a bit of economic nationalism to get back at American companies. #AtlanticPrivacy