cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/10889989
Big news in DC: a new bipartisan, bicameral proposal for a “compromise” federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). At this point, take it all with a grain of salt; in 2022, the initial draft of the bill was promising, but it got weakened substantially by the subcommittee and then weakened further by the committee. I haven’t read the discussion draft yet so don’t have any strong opinions on it.
State preemption should make this dead on arrival. When California just passed a data broker deletion bill and now 16 states have passed comprehensive privacy laws of their own while congress has their collective insane thumbs up their asses, it seems fucking crazy to ensure that the only way privacy legislation of the future can happen is if congress gets their shit together.
Huh, a wild “States Rights” argument appears! Are you SURE that’s what you want? It would certainly make Texas and other Red States pretty damn happy if their laws had supremacy over Federal ones.