The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation–better known as GDPR–stipulates tight controls for companies handling the consumer data of EU residents. U.S. companies, already challenged by these rules, are now seeing similar controls crop up in the United States, with California leading the way in privacy legislation. RSM’s Alain Marcuse, director, security, privacy and risk, explores what middle market companies should be watching on the U.S. data privacy front, in the February issue of The Real Economy.
About Deborah Cohen
Deborah Cohen is Thought Leadership and Editorial Leader for RSM US LLP. She edits the firm’s macroeconomic content and is focused on issues affecting the middle market economy. She is a former business journalist with Reuters, Crain’s Chicago Business and Bloomberg News.