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    Consumer Confidential: Privacy rights remain just an illusion

    by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times Jan 08, 2018 4 minutes

    This is the year privacy safeguards finally kick in for consumers after outraged lawmakers wasted no time passing legislation after the Equifax data breach, which exposed the personal information of more than 145 million Americans.

    I'm just kidding.

    After lots of huffing and puffing for the cameras, Republican lawmakers have blocked all legislation aimed at improving privacy protections or holding companies more accountable for the loss of people's info.

    Contrast this with what's happening in Europe, where, all kidding aside, this year really will mark a major milestone as sweeping new privacy rules, known as General

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