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Lawmakers seek to override state data privacy laws with new bill
- Congress readies two bills that would preempt state data privacy laws to form a single national standard.
- The SECURE Data Act targets technology companies, while the GUARD Financial Data Act covers financial services firms.
- Authors Brett Guthrie and French Hill are pushing for votes next month to advance the bills.
- The bills would allow individuals to access, correct, or delete personal data and opt out of ads and sales.
- Despite protections, neither bill would create a private right to sue for violations.
- The push follows intra-party debates and past failed efforts on national data privacy legislation.
- Guthrie formed a task force to build GOP support ahead of committee votes.
- The bills aim to preempt state laws across more than 20 states to standardize data practices.
- The measures would allow data access and deletion, but stop short of a private right to sue.
- The effort is being positioned as a consumer-protection move to end patchwork state laws.
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