Consumer Advocates Urge Pelosi to Block House Privacy Bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should block the House Commerce Committee’s privacy bill and not let it override California’s privacy law, consumer groups wrote the speaker Wednesday. Consumer Action, Children’s Advocacy Institute, Consumer Protection Policy Center, Consumer Watchdog and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse signed. Their letter follows a separate letter from other consumer groups urging Pelosi to hold a floor vote (see 2208250040). Pelosi issued a statement a few days after the first letter saying the House bill isn’t strong enough (see 2209010066). “The bill will exempt companies that provide data to government agencies, leave the law vulnerable to weakening by industry lobbyists, and swiftly cancel years of progress in California,” the groups said in the latest letter.