The Internet has transformed the world so much over the last 20 years that the only constant is news articles that open by declaring how much the Internet has transformed the world.

The speed of transformation has been such that particularly less-wieldy institutions have struggled to keep up—like governments. And while the presidential campaigns spar with each other on digital platforms and about their digital mishaps, notably absent from their policy platforms are coherent positions regarding the Internet and data. However, given the tendencies in this election cycle to push protection over real economics, it is also likely that both major candidates would pursue so-called “protection”—government access to your data—over data-privacy.