US lawmakers and lobbyists are seeking to take what they see as the best parts of the EU 's General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) and create their own version . It follows calls for " comprehensive privacy legislation " from Mark Cuban , Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai , the founders of Facebook , Apple and Google . While US states such as California have already created legislation similar to it , opinion is divided about whether federal laws , creating a single national standard , should replace them .
US lawmakers and lobbyists are seeking to adopt what they regard as the best parts of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and create their own version. It follows calls for "comprehensive privacy legislation" from Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, the CEOs of Facebook, Apple and Google. While US states such as California have already created legislation similar to GDPR, opinion remains divided about whether federal laws, creating a single national standard, should supersede them.