Consensus Around Key Principles

While there are some disagreements about what national privacy legislation would entail, there are several key areas where industry, consumers, and policymakers agree. This includes for companies to adopt safeguards to ensure the information they gather is secured, build privacy and security protections into their products at the development stage, and provide easily accessible and understandable information to consumers about the data they are collecting and how it’s being used. Panelists also emphasized that companies should take proactive steps to adopt these measures and publish privacy principles of their own rather than waiting on government to take action.

Also, upcoming, is a miscellaneous tariff bill designed to give the opportunity for certain products with a certain value to be deemed duty free for at least three years. This is still in the works.

Finally, Bivens Collinson mentioned the proposed trade agreements with the EU, UK, and Japan all starting right now, as a great opportunity for the U.S. to get in and set rules and standards for new technology, data transfer and cross-border communications.

“You should look to those agreements to get your industry’s issues codified,” she said.

CompTIA filed comments with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with respect to the new trade agreements. You can view the documents below.

CompTIA Comments on the U.S.-UK Trade Agreement

CompTIA Comments on the U.S.-EU Trade Agreement

CompTIA US-Japan Trade Agreement Comments
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