WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are prepared to support tough new protections for consumer data in hopes of salvaging efforts to adopt a national privacy law, Commerce Committee chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) said Monday. Mr. Wicker said he would propose draft legislation to address concerns from Democrats, while also pre-empting California and other states from enforcing their own privacy laws.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 02, 2019 23:33 UTC