1.   Another contentious issue is whether federal privacy legislation should override stricter state laws.

2.   A single horror story that attracts a burst of media attention has often prompted privacy legislation, though the affected industry usually scrambles to defuse the issue.

3.   But amid election-year political wrangling, Congress failed to pass any significant privacy legislation.

4.   But many experts glumly predict that privacy legislation will only lock the barn door after a long-departed horse.

5.   California Gov. Gray Davis was also nominated for opposing workplace and financial privacy legislation.

6.   Even Lessig admits his plan is no substitute for strong privacy legislation.

7.   For these reasons, more and more companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel publicly support some form of federal privacy legislation.

8.   He helped Barnes establish a state privacy policy, and he helped business groups dissuade lawmakers from passing privacy legislation that could affect technology firms.

9.   If Clinton signs the bill, as expected, he must push for separate privacy legislation that actually gives consumers the right to protect personal data.

10.   It would obligate Congress to apply tough guidelines to all privacy legislation, whether it deals with financial information, medical data or other personally sensitive matters.