Progressives revolt over House privacy bill

But POLITICO reported last Thursday that updates to the bill reflected feedback from House Republicans opposed to the legislation…

The R Street Institute, a free market think tank, also saw positives in the section’s removal from APRA.

“Changes in the latest version of APRA to keep it focused on privacy, including the removal of algorithmic-specific provisions like impact assessments, are beneficial since privacy is a bedrock of all technology,” Brandon Pugh, R Street’s director of cybersecurity of emerging threats, said in an emailed statement.