U.S. must lead on privacy

Businesses need it, Americans want it, AI accelerates harms

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and author of the bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act, delivered keynote remarks at Forum Global’s 6^th Annual Data Privacy Conference, where she laid out reasons why the need for a federal comprehensive privacy law will continue to grow: 1) the U.S. must assert global leadership on privacy to support U.S. business and innovation; 2) Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to act on privacy protections; and 3) AI will accelerate privacy and data concerns. Sen. Cantwell also made clear that enacting a comprehensive privacy law is something Congress can get done.