ITIF Wants Single Federal, Pre-emptive Privacy Law to Replace HIPPA, GLBA

Congress should replace a patchwork of state and federal privacy laws with one “common set of protections,” the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation said Monday. That single federal data privacy law should pre-empt state laws and replace laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, said Vice President Daniel Castro and Senior Policy Analyst Alan McQuinn. They said the law should promote business and innovation, saying economies with strict privacy laws like the EU are falling behind: “Of the top 200 digital firms, only 8 are European.”