The Committee on House Administration (CHA) held a hearing last month to discuss data privacy risks and reforms needed in the public and private sectors. Lawmakers from both parties agree that a uniform national law is needed. But the push has been endlessly bogged down amid disputes over whether a national law should override state measures and whether it should give consumers a right to sue companies over privacy breaches. As a result, Congress has repeatedly missed its deadlines to produce a bipartisan bill.
According to witness Daniel Castro, Vice President, Information Technology …