Cybersecurity
Centrist Democratic Lawmakers Back Pro-Business Privacy Law
- Consumers could opt out of collection, storage of their data
- But measure would push aside California’s stricter Privacy Act
Source: Neonbrand
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A group of more than 100 centrist Democratic House lawmakers is throwing its weight behind a privacy bill that has been praised by alliances of software and internet giants.
The move is one of the first large-scale endorsements of a privacy bill in Congress. Separate efforts by Democrats in the House and Senate this year to write even stricter data regulations have produced few results.