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© Greg Nash Congress is coming under increasing pressure to create a federal framework for data privacy laws as states forge ahead with their own plans. Virginia is poised to become the second state to pass a data privacy bill this week, with several other states considering proposals that vary in regulation standards and enforcement practices, potentially creating the kind of privacy patchwork that the tech industry has been warning about for years. Those states would follow in the footsteps of California, which passed a comprehensive privacy bill in 2018 before expanding it through a ballo...

Despite the short session, Virginia legislators could vote Friday to pass a comprehensive privacy bill modeled after Washington state’s proposal. Industry stakeholders believe the lack of debate to include a private right of action, which Virginia’s bill doesn’t have, is the main item contributing to its speedy passage. For years, U.S. lawmakers looking to craft their own privacy bills have only had two models to follow: the California Consumer Privacy Act and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. But if all goes as expected in Virginia this month, the state could s...

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The Cybersecurity 202: SolarWinds hack could supercharge cybersecurity lobbying spending Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer Cybersecurity companies spent more money on lobbying efforts in Washington in 2020. Fallout from the SolarWinds breach could cause it to explode in 2021.  Collectively, 12 large publicly-traded cybersecurity companies spent roughly $4.3 million on lobbying last year, according to an analysis of federal lobbying disclosures by The Cybersecurity 202.  That's up from $3.94 million those same companies spent in 2019, which was more than triple their coll...