House Commerce Privacy Bill Passage Gets Mixed Reaction
Privacy legislation the House Commerce Committee advanced Wednesday (see 2207200061) is stronger than California’s privacy law in “nearly every way,” said Future of Privacy Forum Legislative Research and Analysis Director Stacey Gray Thursday. The Software & Information Industry Association said…
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the approval process moved the bill away from compromise positions and it needs more input from stakeholders before it’s ready for the floor. Gray said the bill’s civil rights provisions are “substantially stronger” than any state law, and it also resolves some of California’s procedural concerns, “including the possibility that it could nullify the state agency’s current enforcement and rulemaking powers.” SIIA President Jeff Joseph said the bill in its current form could “undermine consumer protection and lead to increased costs or reduced quality services for consumers and open the door to a greater, unworkable patchwork of U.S. privacy laws.” Industry, academic and advocacy groups need more time to provide feedback on the legislation, said Joseph.