Lexology March 27, 2025
Three months into 2025, there appears to be no slowdown in the flood of privacy legislation being considered and enacted by both Congress and state legislatures. Since the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act was passed in 2018, more than two dozen states have passed state privacy laws. While Congress has also made attempts to upgrade existing federal privacy laws, it has generally been unsuccessful so far.
Federal Privacy
Federal Comprehensive Privacy Bill
In the past four years, Congress tried twice to pass a federal privacy law. In 2022, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would have established national privacy standards preempting most state privacy laws, was passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee but never received...