Federal data privacy legislation is complicated, and passing a comprehensive federal data privacy bill will involve two polarized sides coming together on the issue of pre-emption over state laws and other federal laws that govern data by sector or industry, according to experts.

James Shreve, a partner and cybersecurity group chair at Thompson Coburn in Chicago, said Thursday one issue with data privacy legislation is that each bill on the subject may have to go through as many as six different committees on Capitol Hill before it heads to a vote.

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