Quora, Marriott Mega Breaches Push Privacy Legislation Needle (1)

High-profile data breaches at Marriott International Inc. and Quora Inc. over the past week have upped the pressure for a sweeping U.S. privacy law to hold companies accountable for not securing data.

Privacy legislation gained traction in 2018 after Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google faced privacy breaches that drew backlash from lawmakers and consumers. But the exposure of up to 500 million Marriott guests and 100 million users of Quora’s question-and-answer website have prompted calls for broad U.S. privacy rules, tech policy strategists told Bloomberg Law.

“Recent controversies around the privacy and security of consumer data has absolutely changed ...