Lexology June 18, 2024
On 7 April 2024 the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair, Maria Cantwell, and Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, unveiled a surprise bipartisan draft of the new American Privacy Rights Act. The aim of this Act is to create a comprehensive federal level piece of privacy legislation for the US, to enable consistency and harmonisation across the existing patchwork of state laws, and to give individuals greater control over their own personal data. The APRA introduces rights for individuals residing in the United States and places obligations on organisations to safeguard the privacy of those individuals.
The lay of the land: The need for a harmonised federal privacy law
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