Federal Privacy Law: One National Standard

On March 10th, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act (the "Act"). The Act is intended to create a federal privacy law: one national standard for consumer data privacy regulation, that would supersede a patchwork of (potentially) 50 state privacy laws. As we have previously blogged, Virginia recently passed its own data privacy law; New York has introduced a data privacy law bill; and readers will be very familiar with the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). You can read the text of the Act here.

What would the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act do?

One of the stated objectives of the Act is to create a federal standard for consumer data privacy. Presently, companies must navigate a web of state privacy laws and regulations to ensure compliance in all jurisdictions of the Union. Compliance requirements differ from state to state and can create real cost concerns for small