Proposed Broad Private Right of Action Under a New Federal Privacy Law Could Be a Plaintiff’s Paradise

On May 23, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce advanced out of committee the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a draft piece of legislation to establish a federal data privacy standard in the U.S. The legislation now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for markup. Several changes were made in the draft legislation during the markup process but the section containing a groundbreaking set of private right of action remains unchanged.