During Senate Hearing, Tech Companies Push for Lax Federal Privacy Rules

Executives urged against GDPR-like regulations

As concern over personal data protections continues to mount, representatives for six major tech and communications companies, including Google, Amazon and Apple, told federal lawmakers today that they supported federal data privacy legislation—so long as it is not nearly as strict as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act.

High-ranking executives for Google, Amazon, Apple, Twitter, Charter Communications and AT&T implored members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to consider federal consumer data privacy regulations that would give consumers some protections while still allowing for their companies to collect and use personal data.

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