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U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., has reintroduced a bill that would create a nation-wide data privacy standard to be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission that in its latest version is intended to gather bipartisan support by addressing specific Republican concerns. DelBenes Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act, if passed, would replace a patchwork of current state laws and provide an influx of $350 million to the Federal Trade Commissions...

Source: IAPP Five states are making progress this year toward passing privacy legislation along the lines of Californias Consumer Privacy Act, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals. If Virginia, Minnesota, New York, Washington and Oklahoma succeed in enacting new privacy laws this year, the total number of states with privacy regulations would go up to eight, says Caitlin Fennessy, research director at the IAPP. Previously, Maine and Nevada, in addition to Calif...

Get Permission Congressional Democrats have reintroduced a privacy bill to help consumers avoid being in the dark about how their COVID-19 data can be used. Congressional Democrats have again introduced legislation designed to help safeguard the privacy of COVID-19 health data collected for public health purposes. Similar proposals were introduced by Democratic lawmakers last year as part of a coronavirus relief package, but those provisions did not win Congressional approval. The Democratic s...