{"id":2241514,"date":"2024-05-10T04:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digital-privacy-legislation-gets-a-bipartisan-push\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:59:23","slug":"digital-privacy-legislation-gets-a-bipartisan-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digital-privacy-legislation-gets-a-bipartisan-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Support for Digital Privacy Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdigital-privacy-legislation-gets-a-bipartisan-push%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lawmakers in Congress\u2062 are considering a comprehensive digital privacy policy that\u2062 could bring significant \u2063changes \u200dfor consumers, tech businesses, and privacy regulators. The\u200b proposed American \u200dPrivacy Rights Act aims to regulate data collection and empower users to control their\u200c information. The bill addresses federal preemption of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-officer-accused-of-circulating-meme-mocking-george-floyds-death-will-not-face-discipline\/\" title=\"LAPD Officer Accused Of Circulating Meme Mocking George Floyd\u2019s Death Will Not Face Discipline\">state privacy laws<\/a> and a private right of \u200baction, seeking bipartisan support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A proposal for comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>digital privacy policy<\/a>, one of the most contentious matters of the online era, is being floated in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a> by lawmakers in key positions to get it enacted. If passed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/2957115\/bipartisan-lawmakers-unveil-data-privacy-legislation-after-years-of-negotiation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bipartisan measure<\/a> will mean big changes not just for consumers and tech businesses but also for federal and state privacy regulators.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion draft, called the American Privacy Rights Act, would set a first-of-its-kind national rule for how companies can collect, use, and move a consumer\u2019s data. It would also allow users to opt out of targeted advertising, access and delete their data, and take their data with them to other digital businesses. Larger social media platforms and companies dealing in sizable amounts of data would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-florida-sheriffs-endorse-desantiss-campaign-to-move-into-the-white-house\/\" title=\"60 Florida sheriffs endorse DeSantis's bid for the White House.\">face heightened scrutiny<\/a> under the law, while businesses with less than $40 million in annual gross revenue would be exempt from the proposal\u2019s requirements. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). (Illustration for the Washington Examiner\/AP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crucially, the proposal addresses what have been logjams in previous efforts: federal preemption of state privacy laws and a private right of action. Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the draft bill and hope it contains enough concessions to gain both Republican and Democratic support.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans may favor the proposal\u2019s preemption of state privacy laws, including California\u2019s strictest in the nation. In the absence of a federal rule, companies doing business in multiple states often comply with the most severe state regulatory regime rather than accommodating a patchwork of different rules state by state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, Gary Shapiro, praised the draft bill. \u201cWe support a national privacy standard that preempts state laws, providing legal clarity for companies to operate and consistent protections across state borders for consumers,\u201d he said. Most of the industry has long called for certainty and a unified rule on privacy.  <\/p>\n<p>Democrats may be pleased with the private right of action in the proposal, allowing users to pursue damages in court if companies violate the new law. It remains to be seen if those concessions bring support from members of both parties or give them cause to stay away.         <\/p>\n<p>Industry is still absorbing the details of the plan. Sarah Barrows, global head of privacy and product counsel for NextRoll, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-to-sue-january-6-committee-over-salesforce-subpoena\/\" title=\"RNC to Sue January 6 Committee over Salesforce Subpoena\u00a0\">digital marketing company<\/a>, told the <em>Washington<\/em> <em>Examiner<\/em> that any \u201cdreaded right of private action\u201d included in any proposal \u201cshould be laser-focused on encouraging compliance and rectifying actual harm to actual American citizens and not to a plaintiff\u2019s bar rubbing their hands together in glee.\u201d She added that the APRA \u201cdoes seem to strike a balance by limiting this right with a notice to cure in cases alleging harm, requiring pleading and evidence of harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Privacy matters have been driving actions in varied policy areas lately. Concerns over U.S. user data ending up in the hands of the Chinese government helped pass the \u201cdivest or be banned\u201d law against TikTok last month. In a separate bill, passed just days later, the House voted 414-0 to make the sale of American user information from data brokers to adversarial countries illegal. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission recently fined AT&#038;T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing access to customers\u2019 location data. Interestingly, under the APRA, the FCC would be stripped of that authority, instead empowering the Federal Trade Commission with oversight of data privacy matters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the fate of the APRA remains unknown. The bill has yet to be introduced and must pass both chambers before President Joe Biden can sign it into law. Biden has stated his support for federal privacy action but has largely focused on children\u2019s safety concerns online. With the election looming increasingly largely in the minds of elected officials, the shot clock is running down on passing any legislation. An additional challenge is that one of the bill\u2019s assumed sponsors, McMorris Rodgers, plans to step down from Congress in January.<\/p>\n<p>This time crunch may make it harder to refine the details of the bill and get industry on board. Barrows noted, \u201cThe uncertainty and overreaching of sloppy drafting creates an undue and significant burden on businesses who may want to comply but cannot afford it or take the risk of getting it wrong and having their compliance efforts thwarted.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Congress, key lawmakers are proposing a comprehensive digital privacy policy, a crucial issue in the online age. 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