There has been no shortage of hearings on Capitol Hill about a potential U.S. federal privacy bill, and often the same old story is told: Industry wants any emerging law to pre-empt state laws, advocates want stronger consumer protections, including opt-outs, and lawmakers rarely understand the nuance of the topics at hand. But at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing Wednesday, it seemed lawmakers had done some homework and were ready to move beyond using their five-minute windows to score solid press sound bites or use witness testimony to define simplistic terms and instead came prepared with questions that aimed to advance the national dialog on how we protect consumers in a digital era when industry has the upper hand and consumers have so much to lose. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, has the details. 
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