In 2022, we saw broad support behind federal privacy legislation in the US Congress. While the American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA) did not see the president’s pen prior to the midterms, the fact that such a bill saw a committee vote in the House — approved 53–2, with bipartisan support — and both industry and advocates promoted passage is notable. The question is no longer whether we will see federal privacy law, but when. And while the ADPPA took up much of the attention in the US in 2022, the year also brought a progressive Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launching a broad regulatory initiative, continued growth of state privacy issues in California and beyond, and the introduction of an executive order to repair the Privacy Shield program. In 2022, US privacy was searing hot.