IBM Executives Press U.S. Lawmakers Not to Adopt EU Privacy Law

More than 100 IBM executives will descend on Capitol Hill this week with a simple message for policy makers: don’t bring Europe’s new privacy regulations to the U.S.

The Armonk, N.Y.-based technology giant is making a sweeping new European privacy standard a top talking point in its conversations with lawmakers during the company’s annual trip to Congress.

The officials from International Business Machines Corp., who are scheduled to meet with about 200 members of Congress and staff members May 14-15, are going to tell lawmakers the U.S. needs its own privacy framework and shouldn’t adopt the European Union’s General Data ...