Cybersecurity Leaders Express Reserved Support for American Privacy Rights Act

Prem Trivedi, policy director at OTI, was featured in a Broadband Breakfast piece, which covered witnesses' takes on the American Privacy Rights Act during the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on the importance of data security.

Prem Trivedi, policy director at the New America’s Open Technology Institute, praised APRA for its sound privacy safeguards, including its online civil rights protections and provisions allowing users to view and delete their data.

Trevedi also praised the acts enshrinement of strong Data Minimization principles. Data Minimization would prevent service providers from collecting user data beyond what the service requires.

However, Trivedi expressed skepticism toward APRA for its transfer of preemption authority from the Federal Communications Commission to the Federal Trade Commision. The FTC, he believes, would not have the same specialized capability of regulating service providers as the FCC.