Ten Reasons Why California’s New Data Protection Law is Unworkable, Burdensome, and Possibly Unconstitutional (Guest Blog Post)

By guest blogger Jeff Kosseff [Jeff Kosseff is an assistant professor of cybersecurity law at the U.S. Naval Academy. The views in this post are only his, and do not represent the Naval Academy, Department of Navy, or Department of Defense.  He can be reached at jkosseff@gmail.com.] When it comes to new technology regulations, I try to avoid alarmism. In many cases, the new regulations are necessary or, at the very least, helpful on balance. For instance, I hope that Congress passes comprehensive cybersecurity legislation that addresses modern threats, such as Internet of Things. And last year, I testified to the House Judiciary Committee that narrowly amending the platform immunity of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to address online sex trafficking would not destroy the Internet. So when I heard that the California legislature was considering a data protection bill last month, I wasn’t worried. Then I read the 10,000-plus-word bill, and my…

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