Attorney: Proposed Data Privacy Law Would Ultimately Reduce Regulatory Burden

Data privacy lawyer says the comprehensive, bipartisan law is “catching a lot of people’s ears.”

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The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) of 2024 could be the first federal data privacy law passed in the US.

Jennifer Hennessy, data privacy and cybersecurity attorney at Foley & Lardner LLP,told Medtech Insight that she’s more interested in this...

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