The world of U.S. privacy is at a crossroads. Whether it's congressional hearings with the heads of major tech companies, or privacy policies that constantly need updating, or hacks of personally identifiable information (PII), privacy concerns have touched modern U.S. citizens — and the data they generate — in a way never before imagined.

Privacy landscape shift

The question is: What happens next? That's where the law becomes involved. Either through major court decisions, or passing of state and federal legislation, or even interpreting new technologies in a privacy-centric way, the legal world is going to have a lot to say in 2019 about how privacy will be viewed for the next decade and beyond. Less than three months into 2019, we've already seen the privacy landscape shift, as attorneys are both reacting to recent shake-ups and anticipating the next earthquakes. Here's the ways privacy has been, and will continue to be, the topic du jour this year. Editor's note: If the above slideshow is not appearing for you, then you may need to turn off your browser's ad blocker. Related: 

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