Good. With the current partisan makeup of Congress, even if they could agree on a national privacy law, it would be drastically watered down and toothless comp

Good. With the current partisan makeup of Congress, even if they could agree on a national privacy law, it would be drastically watered down and toothless compared to California’s law, while preempting it (i.e. preventing California and other states from legislating in that area). There’s a reason that it’s industry groups, not consumer groups, who are currently pushing for such a law. Without one, at least California residents will get the benefits of the stricter version, and perhaps other blue states will pass similar laws in coming years. Meanwhile, residents of other states will at least get indirect benefits – for instance, the ability to bring class action lawsuits over data breaches will hopefully encourage companies to invest more in security.