Our privacy regime is broken. Congress needs to create new norms for a digital age.; The Washington Post, January 5, 2019

By Editorial Board, The Washington Post; Our privacy regime is broken. Congress needs to create new norms for a digital age. 

 

"It is time for something new. Legislators must establish expectations of companies that go beyond advising consumers that they will be exploiting their personal information. For some data practices, this might call for wholesale prohibition. For all data practices, a more fundamental change is called for: Companies should be expected and required to act reasonably to prevent harm to their clients. They should exercise a duty of care. The burden no longer should rest with the user to avoid getting stepped on by a giant. Instead, the giants should have to watch where they’re walking."