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Is the proposed federal privacy legislation stronger or weaker than state privacy legislation?
by walterbell 3y ago
Is the proposed federal privacy legislation stronger or weaker than state privacy legislation?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Is the proposed federal privacy legislation stronger or weaker than state privacy legislation? Probably weaker, because that's how compromises work.
- _factor 3y agoIn fact, that’s how US laws were intended to work. Federal gives guidelines that apply to all states. The states narrow the scope for any issues that arise.
- walterbell 3y agoCan federal laws prevent state laws from providing privacy protections?
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- Retric 3y agoYes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_preemption# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_preemption#
- D13Fd 3y agoThat's not necessarily true in the US. Federal law can either preempt state law, meaning that states are not permitted to pass stricter or less strict laws in an area (e.g., copyright and patent law), or not, meaning that states are free to pass stricter laws.
- howard941 3y ago> The two sides remained apart on key sticking points — whether a federal law should override state privacy measures, as Republicans wanted, and whether consumers should be able to sue companies directly, as Democrats desired. The disputes have long befuddled negotiators. Looks like the proposal she favored left state privacy measures in place. And didn't preempt consumer actions.
- sillystuff 3y agoA lot of states already have stronger to much stronger protections, including the two largest states, CA and (very recently) TX. A very large percentage of the population of the country would lose privacy protections if this bill is passed without removing preemption. Hopefully either they remove preemption from the bill, or the bill dies.