B&B in the News: Data protection policies attract "security theater" interests

CATO's Julian Sanchez reports on the complex dynamics underlying cross-border data privacy policy (with a dash of B&B!)

Over at the CATO at Liberty blog, Julian Sanchez warns that increasing data protection against foreign interests invites the kinds of “security theater” that naturally attract B&B interests. He writes:

“Even if the public rationales for these policies are sincere, they are prone to attract domestic constituencies for reasons unrelated to either privacy o…