Privacy and Digital Rights Framework

Today, U.S. PIRG joined leading consumer, privacy and civil rights groups to issue a Privacy and Digital Rights Framework that must be part of any new federal privacy law. The release comes as a phalanx of big tech firms and their allies is urging Congress to instead enact a new law that serves them, but preempts stronger state laws and allows all current intrusive industry data collection, sharing and surveillance practices to continue unfettered by any aspect of consumer control or rights.

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Today, U.S. PIRG joined leading consumer, privacy and civil rights groups to issue a Privacy and Digital Rights Framework that must be part of any new federal privacy law. The release comes as a phalanx of big tech firms and their allies is urging Congress to instead enact a new law that serves them, but preempts stronger state laws and allows all current intrusive industry data collection, sharing and surveillance practices to continue unfettered by any aspect of consumer control or rights.

You can download the framework as a pdf from this page.