Christine Wilson, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., said in a fireside chat hosted by the Regulatory Transparency Project on Monday that Congress should continue to work toward a federal privacy bill that preempts state law.

The discussion was moderated by Svetlana Gans, vice president and associate general counsel at the NCTA – The Internet and Television Association. Wilson said the FTC has been calling on Congress to pass federal privacy legislation for years. A law governing how data can be used would have been helpful during the current pandemic as companies and governments work to track location and health care data, she said.