Consumer advocate Gigi Sohn is calling on the federal government to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law, warning that lack of such a protection can lead to economic or even physical harm.

“Every state has privacy laws but there isn’t a comprehensive consumer privacy law that particularly deals with online privacy,” Sohn, who worked as a counselor to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman under President Obama, told Hill.TV on Thursday.

“This is not a small thing, when your privacy is violated it can lead to economic harm, it can lead to social harm, it can even lead to physical harm,” added Sohn, a Benton senior fellow .

Sohn said due to the lack of consumer privacy laws on a federal level, states like California have had to step up and pass their own laws.

“I hope that there’s a federal law passed — but right now, California becomes the national standard,” she told Hill.TV in reference to the state’s consumer privacy law. 

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