How would a federal privacy law help with data collection and protection of personal data?

COVID-19’s rapid spread across the globe has reignited calls for federal guidance and law to regulate protection of sensitive and private citizen data.  The FTC suggests that: 

• a new federal privacy law should put the burden on businesses to regulate the protection of data;

• the federal privacy law eliminate the requirement of consumer consent; and 

• Congress act quickly in order to be prepared for the next global crisis.

Read about how the FTC is considering implementing US federal privacy regulation.