INTRODUCTION
The lack of comprehensive privacy regulation in the US presents a unique set of compliance challenges for companies that collect personal data. Although a patchwork of sector-specific and state laws exist, they rarely deal with the pervasive collection and sale of people’s personal information. Penalties for data breaches attempt to protect personal information by punishing companies for after-the-fact violations, but this does little to safeguard information in real time.
Ultimately, the issue is that data peddling is so pervasive. In the 2000s, Internet service companies such as Facebook and Google began collecting vast troves of personal data in an effort to personalize their online offerings. Search engines, for example, could ...
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