One of the linchpins of this whole agreement is now the FTC is going to become an aggressive pit bull for the privacy rights of Europeans
Evan Hendricks
It's easily a multi-billion-dollar business.
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There's no way any number of companies will be able to protect human rights through a business model. When things go wrong, people need a [legal] remedy. Right now we don't have that.
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You've heard of B-to-B? This is G-to-G. Government to government,.. Even though the subject is people's personal data.
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Ultimately, it's a human rights issue in the information age.
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This is another outrageous example of why self-regulation does not work
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It's becoming increasingly likely that Internet privacy legislation will get serious consideration now.
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It's an exercise in futility, because Europeans still have their rights under their national laws.
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This case is a reminder that information that's collected about you can be used in ways you never imagined.
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This could have a chilling effect on how people use the Internet.
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