Federal Data Privacy Law May Have Hit Roadblock

A bipartisan bill is making the rounds in Congress that would constitute the largest privacy and data protection legislation in US history. To date, such legislation has been left to the states, with states like California's Consumer Privacy Act and Virginia's Consumer Data Protection Act taking the lead. If passed, the American Data Privacy Protection Act ("ADPPA"), which represents the farthest a privacy bill has gone at the federal level, would have significant implications for businesses. But it still has a ways to go.