Tech firms would like one privacy law to cover all U.S. communications—as long as it’s not as strict as the GDPR and also supersedes any pesky state regulations like the CCPA.
The political establishment and the tech industry aren’t clashing for the first or last time over the government’s proper role in safeguarding privacy and cybersecurity.
Opponents of the cyberthreat information-sharing bill, designed to protect companies that share cyberattack data with federal agencies from customer lawsuits, face tough odds.
A proposed law to make it easier for government agencies to share information also would allow businesses to deliver personal data to the NSA or FBI, critics contend.
