Consumer privacy protections are among the top priorities for the 118th Congress as lawmakers gear up to reintroduce proposals that received broad bipartisan support from committees last year.
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) plans to reintroduce a comprehensive privacy bill that would limit how companies collect and use sensitive data. The Energy and Commerce panel approved her measure last year, but movement stalled after California lawmakers voiced opposition over concerns it would undermine their state’s laws.
In the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants to move quickly on kids’ privacy legislation and is eyeing a ...
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