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Industry witnesses urge clear controller/processor rules; Main Street groups seek parity with big tech
Summary
Business and trade witnesses told the Senate subcommittee that federal privacy law should preserve distinctions between controllers and processors and provide regulatory clarity; Main Street advocates pressed for equivalent obligations and enforcement across sectors to avoid shifting compliance burdens to small businesses.
At a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on data privacy, witnesses representing technology vendors and Main Street businesses urged Congress to adopt a federal privacy law that clearly assigns obligations based on an entity’s role in handling data.
Kate Goodlow, managing director at the Business Software Alliance, argued that state laws get the roles right and that a federal law "must recognize different types of companies handle consumers' data" so obligations can be tailored. She told senators the controller/processor distinction "dates back…
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