RODGERS AND BILIRAKIS UNVEIL COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO CREATE NATIONAL PRIVACY STANDARD

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Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Gus Bilirakis issued the following statement on a comprehensive legislative draft that establishes a national privacy standard to protect Americans and sets clear rules for consumer privacy and data security in the U.S.

"We now share more of our personal information online than ever before. Everything from information about where we bank, what we buy at the grocery store, to where we drive, and how well we sleep. In order to ensure that our information is protected, we need one national privacy law that supports small businesses and innovation, promotes transparency, and incentivizes solutions for data security. Guided by these principles, Energy and Commerce Republicans are building on our privacy leadership with a new framework to establish a national privacy standard.

"This national standard will provide clear rules of the road and give Americans the same data protections wherever they go. Privacy does not end at state lines and Americans deserve better than a patchwork of different and conflicting state laws. Every Republican Member of our Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will be leading on our solutions to protect people's privacy. By building a comprehensive, forward-thinking national privacy standard, we will secure American economic leadership and ensure that we win the future."

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