Privacy law scholar Daniel Solove writes:
The U.S. lacks a federal comprehensive privacy law, but the states have sprung into action by passing broadly-applicable consumer privacy laws. Nearly 20 states have passed such laws – so about 40% of the states now have privacy laws.
Are these laws any good?
Short answer: No
But I am glad they exist. Well, sort of. . .
In my view, most of the state laws are rather weak, and use primarily a rights-based approach that doesn’t work, unfortunately. I’ve written extensively about how rights, consent, and the overall approach to rely on individual privacy self-management really doesn’t work and can’t work.
Ultimately, while I applaud the sentiment about the states passing privacy laws, I don’t think most really move the needle on privacy.
Read more of his post on Teach Privacy.