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Research Question(s) : . First, as the United States increasingly considers types of laws like these, it is important to understand whether the public supports such policies. Second, there is strong evidence that lawmakers and courts alike consider public opinion when making decisions about what laws they will introduce, how they will structure them, and how they will be interpreted, Third, empirical research has been particularly valuable in policy debates about privacy, its definition, its implementation, and its legal protections Conceptual Definitions/Descriptions: Private data are increasingly made public in a world in which the two spheres are often joined entirely Methods and Instruments : Demographics ,Internet Use and Opinions,Descriptive Statistics for Each Measure,Government Attitudes,Corporate Attitudes. Key Findings/Results : Overall, support for the proposed law is strong—67.1 percent support or strongly support it, whereas only 13 percent oppose or...