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Why are bills like these always drafted after the fact? E.g. Equifax, Google+, Facebook hack, etc. It would be common sense to pass laws before it happened and
by wpdev_63 8y ago
Why are bills like these always drafted after the fact? E.g. Equifax, Google+, Facebook hack, etc.
It would be common sense to pass laws before it happened and would of incentivize companies to beef up security.
- nelsonic 8y agoOr make the bill retroactive ... ?
- howard941 8y agoIf it'll retroactively apply criminal penalties you're going to need a companion amendment to the Constitution.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoUsually, drafting a bill in advance would be a bad case of premature optimization. Regulation by definition restricts freedom, which is a negative thing in itself. Drafting and maintaining regulations costs money directly and increases complexity of the legal system. Regulators aren't omniscient, they aren't able to consider the entire problem space and pinpoint every issue that needs to be proactively focused on. When a problem is known and risk judged high enough to outweigh the costs mentioned above, a proactive bill can be introduced. (Or, at least this is how it's supposed to work; in practice, you also need to add politics and lobbying to the mix.)
- wool_gather 8y agoBecause not enough people care enough for it to register politically until a disaster brings it to public attention.