May 22, 2009 3:45PM 

# Privacy Regulation: Expensive and Ineffective 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Lee Gomes writes on Forbes​.com with a [clear-eyed reminder](http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0608/034-privacy-research-hidden-cost-of-privacy.html) that privacy regulation has been costly, yet failed to deliver. Lovers of government intervention will, of course, take this as an argument to double-down.

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[Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) 

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