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That's not to say there may not be other laws that govern how you protect a user's data though.


Such as? I'm not under the impression that there are any legal prohibitions on this kind of thing in the US.


The first that comes to mind is the Federal Trade Commission Act, which allows the FTC to charge companies which fail to protect consumer personal data.


That's the problem.


For now at least...




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