A new privacy bill proposed by Senator Marco Rubio, which would override more restrictive state laws, is winning support from a Washington-based technology trade group that counts Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and eBay Inc. as members.
The Florida Republican’s legislation would impose a national privacy standard and supersede tougher data-protection regulations that will take effect in California in 2020. It would also preempt measures that consumer groups are pushing in multiple states, including Washington.
Pushing back against state privacy laws has become a top priority for the tech industry. Privacy measures are also likely to cause clashes between ...
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