Last month, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, making Utah the fourth U.S. state — after California, Colorado, and Virginia — to enact consumer privacy legislation. As a growing number of states — including Florida, Indiana, and Massachusetts — seek to pass new privacy laws, it risks creating a conflicting patchwork of regulations and expanding uncertainty for businesses.
Against this backdrop of proliferating state data privacy legislation, Congress faces growing calls to pass a federal privacy law. If Congress passes such legislation, it should include the preemption of state privacy laws and minimize the regulatory burden for businesses.
Read Full Article »