Federal privacy law faces new hurdles ahead of markup

“One of the challenges with ever reaching compromise and consensus around a privacy bill is, as we tend to shift one aspect of the bill, it may inadvertently or perhaps intentionally alienate some group,” said Brandon Pugh, policy director of the cybersecurity and emerging threats team at the R Street Institute think tank. “If we generally want a comprehensive privacy law, how much are we willing to move and potentially compromise in areas where we may be a little more hesitant to do unilaterally?”