Congress is considering a US federal privacy law. It’s been brewing for the last ten years and is getting closer. On July 20, 2022, the House Energy and Commerce Committee overwhelmingly voted (53-2) to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), H.R. 8152, to the full House of Representatives. But there are still problems to navigate.

SecurityWeek talked to Mitzi Hill (a partner at law firm Taylor English Duma, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University Law School), and Christina Montgomery (Chief Privacy Officer at IBM) to examine the merits and likelihood of a US federal privacy law.