Online Privacy Protections Gain Traction With Lawmakers, Tech Industry
Kent Walker, president of global affairs for Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit, said Monday that there was an emerging consensus on the need for a comprehensive federal privacy policy.
Important policy hurdles still loom, and if agreement isn’t reached within weeks, the effort could fall apart as partisan differences begin to harden in the run-up to midterm elections this fall.
Even so, Google is “optimistic that Congress will find a compromise that adopts the nationwide privacy protections Americans want,” Mr. Walker said in an address at R Street Institute, a think tank that says it promotes free markets and limited government.
