The problem in the U.S. now is that a patchwork of laws and federal agencies have their hands in the privacy pot.
First, they create legal certainty by replacing the current patchwork of laws in Europe with a single set of rules for all 27 European Union countries.
The labeling requirements were added to the health bill with the support of the restaurant industry, which has faced a patchwork of laws from cities and states.
Wants standardized breach notification requirements so that procedures for breached companies notifying their customers are simplified, rather than the current environment of a patchwork of laws that vary from state to state.
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But both employers and immigrants advocates have a more persuasive objection to every town, county and state adopting its own scheme to control the employment of illegal aliens: They could be forced to deal with a confusing and expensive patchwork of laws without adequate protections.
As it stands now, working caregivers who encounter bias based on their caregiving responsibilities do have limited protections under federal employment laws and a patchwork of local laws.
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Or it could leave the current patchwork of state laws in place, choosing to let state legislatures and state courts sort it all out.
The mortgage industry doesn't object to the congressional intrusion, since a federal law might be preferable to a patchwork of state laws (though the industry would have preferred a Republican-run Congress).
Instead, data breaches are addressed by a patchwork of state laws, setting forth various requirements including notification of those affected, and sometimes fines and payment for identity theft monitoring for breach victims.
Although thorny details remain to be negotiated and success is far from certain, the development heralds the start of what could be the most significant effort in years toward overhauling the nation's inefficient patchwork of immigration laws.
That led to a patchwork quilt of state laws.
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We all understand the frustration of Arizona and border states at this problem, but believe that instead of a patchwork of 50 state laws, that Congress has in the past and should act now to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
Debt collectors are regulated under a patchwork of state and federal laws.
In an effort to mitigate the risks of greenhouse gases, many states have enacted disparate emissions laws, resulting in a national patchwork of regulations the likes of which would send Lewis and Clark packing.
The other 34 states have their own laws, creating a patchwork of guidelines and procedures governing sex offender management nationwide.
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Many laws pass through Congress only because they are a patchwork of elements, and different factions within Congress get different pieces of what they want from different portions of the bill.
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