Privacy itself may not have been on the ballot for yesterday's national election, but "the results may affect the prospects for privacy legislation," Christopher Wolf writes in a piece for the Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection. Among the changes, Wolf notes, is the end of the 19-year term of Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), who worked with Rep. Rick Stearns (R-FL) to create draft privacy legislation earlier this year. Stearns, however, has pledged to keep working on privacy legislation but would reportedly like to see a bill that "allows innovation to continue to flourish." Another change is the election of Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, described by Wolf as "well-known for his aggressive investigations and settlements related to privacy issues," to the U.S. Senate.
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