(FILES) In this file illustration picture taken on April 20, 2018 in Paris shows apps for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple (GAFA) and the reflexion of a binary code displayed on a tablet screen. The EU's new data protection rules that enter into force later this month are having an impact around the world as firms, including in the United States and China, move to comply. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE
Facing growing pressure to protect their customers’ privacy, some of the biggest technology companies told Congress that they favour new federal consumer safeguards but diverged on some of the details.
“Perhaps for the first time, there is widespread agreement among industry, policy makers and many consumer groups of the need for a new and comprehensive federal privacy law,” said Leonard Cali, AT&T Inc’s senior vice-president of global public policy, in his prepared remarks. “Now is the time for decisive congressional leadership to establish a thoughtful and balanced national privacy framework.”
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