A new paper from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) digs into the radical transformation of both the social and security considerations of digital privacy on a global scale, weighing the three pillars of the issue: the legal rights of the consumer, data security, and innovation. The report is titled “Why Digital Privacy Is So Complicated” and is authored by PPI’s Economic and Data Policy Analyst, Jordan Shapiro.
The paper lays out the privacy models of the United States, Europe, and China, and also examines the models adopted in the United Kingdom, Canada, and India. Report author Jordan Shapiro examines each country’s current social and legal structure, the technical design of security and transparency, and the economic implications of privacy and innovation.
“Ultimately, a holistic approach to digital privacy is what’s missing in the global efforts to strengthen data privacy,” said report author Jordan Shapiro. “Here in the U.S., we have an opportunity to replicate what’s working – and avoid what isn’t – from our international partners’ approaches to digital privacy. To protect consumers, we need to refocus our efforts around privacy to include comprehensive technical security requirements and measures to better protect the individual consumer. At the same time, we need to strengthen privacy rules that support innovation.”
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Jordan Shapiro is an Economic and Data Policy Analyst at PPI. Prior to joining PPI, she worked as a data and innovation research consultant supporting businesses and non-profits to understand the interplay between technology and public systems.
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