Calif. Agency Urges House To Scrap 'Weak' Data Privacy Bill

By Allison Grande (August 16, 2022, 9:01 PM EDT) -- California's new privacy agency is stepping up pressure on House leaders to abandon data privacy legislation that would preempt stronger state laws, arguing that Congress needs to set a "floor of federal protections" rather than hamstring the work of the agency and state policymakers.

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency reiterated its opposition to the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which is awaiting a vote by the full House after the chamber's Commerce Committee easily advanced the legislation last month.

The proposal would give...

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