But while data privacy laws are indeed exploding—with more than six that passed in the U.S. just this year—it's becoming clear that they're built on a common framework.

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Today, the Federal Trade Commission laid out their vision for the future of consumer privacy in the United States. It's a large vision, 122-pages large [PDF]. I'll boil it down to two major ...