Senate Privacy Framework Would Give Consumers Power to Sue (1)

Companies that violate privacy rules may face consumer lawsuits under a draft Senate privacy bill framework, according to sources familiar with a version of the framework who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss it.

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) developed the draft framework, which the sources said also includes data security provisions, as Republican and Democratic lawmakers in both chambers work on broad privacy legislation. The move may complicate the chances that the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will advance any privacy bill this year.

“We’re not going to have a private right of action,” committee chairman Roger Wicker ...