Cybersecurity

IBM Executives Press U.S. Lawmakers Not to Adopt EU Privacy Law

  • Company leaders in DC to lobby against GDPR-style law for U.S.
  • U.S. should craft its own privacy rule, IBM policy chief says
How will the EU’s new data protection regulation impact U.S. legislature?Source: Bloomberg
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More than 100 IBM executives will descend on Capitol Hill this week with a simple message for policy makers: don’t bring Europe’s new privacy regulations to the U.S.

The Armonk, New York-based technology giant is making a sweeping new European privacy standard a top talking point in its conversations with lawmakers during the company’s annual trip to Congress.