They have conspicuously failed to call for any kind of working solution, like a federal privacy law that would ban commercial surveillance, and extend a #PrivateRightOfAction, so people could sue tech giants and data-brokers who violated the law, without having to convince a regulator, DA or Attorney General to bestir themselves:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/you-should-have-right-sue-companies-violate-your-privacy

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the only jobs Congress doesn't care about are plaintiffs lawyers, apparently.

#Privacy #PrivateRightOfAction #ADPPA

But FTC regs take time to pass, and it can be hard for ordinary individuals to trigger their enforcement, which might leave you at the mercy of your local officials when your privacy is invaded. What we really need is a privacy law with a #PrivateRightOfAction - the right to go to court on your own:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/you-should-have-right-sue-companies-violate-your-privacy

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But while the GDPR has a structural weakness - allowing corporations to choose to be regulated in countries that can't afford to piss them off - it also has a key strength: the #PrivateRightOfAction, that is, the right of individuals to sue companies that violate the law, rather than having to convince a public prosecutor to take up their case.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/you-should-have-right-sue-companies-violate-your-privacy

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