Intel Publishes A Proposed US Federal Privacy Law

American legislators and stakeholders have reached the understanding that in today's economic and technological environment, certain gaps in legislation, especially in comparison with the EU legislation (in particular the GPDR) must be bridged. In this regard, recent calls from the public, research institutions, private corporations and elected officials are being heard, and [at least in some States] have led to new data protection and privacy legislation being enacted (for more information regarding the privacy legislation of certain States, see our special update here).

As part of this trend, Intel has released a private draft proposed bill ("the Bill") for a Federal US privacy law, and launched an online portal where the public can discuss its views and ideas and provide suggestions for the draft legislation. The Bill would override the privacy laws, which have already been enacted in several US states.