One other problem I had with the original was how it would actively prevent any state level privacy laws from coming into effect to improve things. While I can

One other problem I had with the original was how it would actively prevent any state level privacy laws from coming into effect to improve things. While I can certainly sympathize with the idea that, for simplicity's sake, such laws probably ought to be federal, that explicit preemption in the original was also worrying, because it would cut off one route towards better privacy. Perhaps they've amended that--I confess that I've not yet read the latest draft just yet--but that was a worry I had about the original. Ultimately, I think what we really need to do here is to push for better privacy laws, rather than fighting off every half-baked half-measure some legislator comes up with, and if I've understood you correctly, we agree on that.