Market forces, not regs, leading the charge for data privacy
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Dave Lefort2020-06-30T19:13:00
Data privacy is about to become a more tangible concept to Americans not due to regulation like the CCPA, but because the most influential brand in the nation is making it a pillar of how it does business.
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