Congress Could Base National Privacy Bill on State Law: IAPP
Congressional Republicans increasingly appear interested in starting with state privacy laws as the basis for a comprehensive federal law, said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, IAPP D.C. managing director, during an IAPP webinar Thursday. That wasn’t the approach with previous attempts at making a national law, he noted.
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Meanwhile, the so-called state patchwork “has often not been reality," said Zweifel-Keegan, since nearly all the states' privacy laws have similar frameworks.
That said, the past year has seen some larger divergences, such as Maryland making more restrictive data minimization rules, he added. Consumer advocates have lately become more active in seeking privacy regulations at the state level, possibly encouraging some state lawmakers to step in these new directions, he said.