Attorney cites cyber statute's liability protections in recommendations for national privacy law

A leading industry lawyer on privacy protections is citing the liability waivers offered by a cybersecurity law enacted in 2015 in recommendations for lawmakers drafting consumer data safeguards, as pressure mounts for a national privacy law.

“The law of unintended consequences is in full force in the privacy arena,” said Megan Brown, a partner at law firm Wiley Rein and co-author of a new report by George Mason University's National Security Institute. “As federal and state regulators gear up,...