Rather than comprehensive legal protection for personal data, the United States at a federal level has a patchwork of sector-specific laws that fail to adequately protect data. In June 2022 the US al House of Representatives were in the process of proposing a bill (H.R. 8152) to create federal data privacy legislation to protect individuals' privacy. However, that bill has stalled in committee. In the meantime, US State based privacy laws are being enacted to fill this federal void.

Based on a 2018 study, half of all Americans believe their personal information is less secure now than it was five years ago, and a sobering study from the Pew Research Center reveals how little faith the public has in organizations, whether governmental or private-sector to protect their dataand with good reason.

There was the disastrous breach at Equifax, Yahoo's admission that billions of its email accounts were compromised, Deep Root Analytics' accidental leak of personal details of nearly two hundred million U.S. voters, and Uber's attempt to conceal a breach that affected fifty-seven million accounts. Not to mention the EU based GDPR fines are beginning to add up. Individuals are left stymied about what action they can take, if any, to protect their digital assets and identity.

Do some research on this topic, I'd like to know your opinion on what such legislation in the US should contain when enacted and why it's important to you.