Those in the tech industry, along with privacy advocates, are heavily criticizing a bipartisan effort in Congress to push for the United States' first major data privacy legislation, ahead of Thursday's House of Representatives committee hearing.
Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and Republican Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers co-sponsored the American Privacy Rights Act. This act will set a standard for national data privacy, allowing individuals to request access to data held by companies and even have their data deleted. The proposed legislation also provides an option to opt out of targeted advertising and establishes a national data broker registry.
