With Congress divided over passing a national privacy law, tech industry groups are lobbying Utah and other states to pass privacy laws weaker than California’s (Margaret Harding McGill/Axios)

Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:
With Congress divided over passing a national privacy law, tech industry groups are lobbying Utah and other states to pass privacy laws weaker than California’s  —  The tech industry is lobbying statehouses across the country to pass privacy bills that critics call weak.