Predicting how Republican President-elect Donald Trump will govern on a range of issues from transportation to taxation can seem an unavailing exercise in speculation.

Yet despite still-vague policy positions, how a Trump administration would handle privacy and cybersecurity matters is one area that can be better deciphered than most, especially given how Trump has campaigned in the 2016 election and the advisors with which he surrounds himself.

Since Trump positioned himself as the "law and order" candidate during the election, and admitted in December 2015 that the United States would "err on the side of security" once in office, for example, most experts expect him to take a hawkish stance on matters affecting law enforcement and national security.

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Rhys Dipshan

CT-born, New York-based legal tech reporter covering everything from in-house technology disruption to privacy trends, blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and ghosts-in-the-machine. Continually waiting for law to catch up with tech. (It's like waiting for Godot, but without the clowns)