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Ed Markey: “Requiring transparency is a good first step but we then have to move on to the question of the right of a consumer to…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
Requiring transparency is a good first step but we then have to move on to the question of the right of a consumer to say no
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the importance of consumer control over personal information.

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