Digital privacy management. Federal standards for data. These are not hot topics around the water cooler at any U.S.-based startups, for sure. But maybe they should be. The EU already has the General Protection Data Regulation (GDPR), which sets agreed-upon standards designed to facilitate trust in internet infrastructure. Widespread data-empowerment is not possible without a federally guaranteed law that ensures every citizen’s data will be protected. Other countries get it, and the U.S. is falling behind them in the race for a data-driven edge. Privacy is the new competitive battlefront in business.

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/inadequate-federal-privacy-regulations-leave-us-startups-lagging-behind-europe/

https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/data-privacy-legislations-in-2020-and-trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2021/

https://www.brookings.edu/research/time-for-a-us-eu-digital-alliance/