Approximately 47 States have weak or nonexistent Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the U.S. As the lives migrate online, competing regulations, laws, and legislative proposals make it clear that data privacy is, indeed, the new frontier.
Nearly nine in 10 Americans are internet users, but in only three states have lawmakers managed to approve legislation that guarantees residents some degree of control over their personal data online and/or requires the private companies collecting that data to behave by a particular set of rules regarding the sanctity of that information.
