To help guard our private data, at least from the government, the Illinois House on April 22 passed the Protecting Household Privacy Act. On Tuesday, the bill was assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate should pass the bill and send it on to the governor. Jessica Hill/AP Household electronic devices collect, store and transmit a lot of sensitive information about us that should stay private, if that’s our wish. But smart TVs, video doorbells, smart thermostats, locks linked to wifi, virtual assistants and home surveillance cams harvest the details of our inner lives in a way most people don’t even realize. Those embedded mini-microphones and cameras may be recording us at moments when we let our guard down.