When talking about data privacy, the conversation always comes back to the same place: There needs to be a federal law.

While a strong federal data privacy law would represent a big leap in protecting people’s personally identifiable information, there’s another area where it could have an immediate impact: handling the coronavirus pandemic.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...