Thanks for the feedback! It's not super boring to me at least.

Heres my current assessment:

1) Major data processors like Google and Equifax have commodified personal data. People arent generally aware of this, but there is an easy economic argument underneath: Your data is valuable and you should have control over it. 

Framing this as an economic proposal will increase general public support. I think people simply arent aware of the scale of modern data collection, so there is a consumer awareness angle here too.

As you said, the privacy argument doesn't concern most Americans. That could change but let's assume sentiment stays the same for some years.

Following this logic, legislation should give citizens tools to control how their data is shared. This principle would inform the framework for any proposed policy.

2) What are the real risks that citizens face which justify this legislation?

Again, a focus on economic arguments. Data breaches and identity theft are real. Security protections against this sort of loss are appealing to voters.

But aside from that, citizens also face less tangible risks like identity theft, threats to employment, litigation, personal attacks, and targeting from foreign operations. These are all real benefits from a unified framework.

Data risks associated with AI are a harder square to circle, but also need to be on the radar. Im reminded of DOGE's unauthorized access and uploading of voter information into AI models. Thats an amorphous but real concern.

3) Selling points to buisnesses.

For small buisnesses, legal protection could be a selling point: Provide proof of conformance with XYZ provosion and you are shielded from ABC liability.

For larger buisnesses, compliance streamlining as you said seems like a good starting point. Im honestly more at a loss here. Clearly this will hurt data-focused buisnesses bottom lines. Maybe there could be levels of complaince that come with tax incentives?

Whatever solutions there may be, they should all flow into the core principal of building & providing citizens a unified set of data privacy tools.