> The proposed agreement would create an unprecedented, single federal standard governing digital privacy in the United States and reflects a significant breakthrough after years of stalled negotiations between Republicans and Democrats. But it could also override some of the toughest state-based privacy laws in the nation, such as in California ... It would pre-empt more than a dozen state privacy laws already on the books in states such as California, Texas and Virginia.
Let's just wait and watch before celebrating.
We in India went through something similar hoping our central government would bring strong data protection and privacy laws but what we got was a law neutered by the "data is the new oil" indian corporate. The government also abused the process to carve out many exemptions for itself on how it could access and use the same data.
- Digital Personal Data Protection Law Raises Questions About Consistency With Right to Privacy Ruling - https://thewire.in/rights/digital-personal-data-protection-l...
- How India’s Data Protection Law Weakens Citizens’ Right to Information - https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-indias-data-protection-l...