Big Tech Could Benefit From Onerous Data-Privacy Legislation, Experts Say

Big Tech Could Benefit From Onerous Data-Privacy Legislation, Experts Say
This illustration picture taken on April 20, 2018 in Paris shows apps for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple (GAFA) and the reflexion of a binary code displayed on a tablet screen. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
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As Congress considers several online privacy and data security bills, market-oriented experts are cautioning against over-regulation.

An all-out effort to protect individual privacy sounds good, the experts said, but onerous regulations could stifle innovative start-ups and have the unintended effect of further entrenching large internet technology companies such as Facebook and Google.